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Philosophy of Aristotle: The Politics: Book 3

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Aristotle

Aristotle
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Politics: Book 3

Book III The Citizens And The Constitution

Introduction:

Now that Aristotle has paid lip service to the opinions and actions of
the "many and the wise," he is free to develop his own view of the formal
structure of the Greek city-state. We must repeat that whenever Aristotle
talks about the state, he is always referring to the state he knew, namely,
the Greek polis, or city-state system. A state is understood in terms of its
parts. Aristotle has defined the state as an association of citizens. Thus,
his first important task is to define who ...

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