The Politics
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · January 24, 2013
Every state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for mankind always acts in order to obtain that which they think good.
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- Who it’s for
- A compact starting point for thinking about community, political life, and the good.
- Genres
- Political Philosophy, Political History & Ideas, Ancient Philosophy
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, January 24, 2013
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Every state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for mankind always acts in order to obtain that which they think good. But, if all communities aim at some good, the state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.
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A compact starting point for thinking about community, political life, and the good.
Come here for
- A foundational question about what communities are for
- Ancient political thought at its most basic level
Expect
- Big claims about human aims and the state
- A layered argument to sit with
Where it sits
| Political Philosophy | 74% |
|---|---|
| Ancient Philosophy | 48% |
| Political History & Ideas | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ancient Philosophy
- Political Philosophy
- Political History & Ideas
- Authors
- Aristotle
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- January 24, 2013
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Ancient Philosophy