Politics
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Politics is Aristotle’s foundational treatise on political philosophy, analyzing the nature of the state, citizenship, constitutions, and the pursuit of the good life in the polis.
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical treatise → work of political philosophy → |
| aimsAt |
promoting the good life for citizens
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understanding the best practicable constitution → |
| author |
Aristotle
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| canonicalStatus |
major work in Western political thought
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| discusses |
best possible state
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citizen participation → education → forms of government → middle class → property → revolutions → rule of law → slavery → stability of constitutions → virtue → |
| focusesOn |
Greek polis
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| followsFrom |
Nicomachean Ethics
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| genre |
treatise
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| influenced |
Renaissance political theory
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Thomas Aquinas → constitutional theory → medieval political thought → modern republican theory → natural law theory → |
| influencedBy |
Greek city-state system
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Plato → |
| keyConcept |
human as a political animal
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mixed constitution → rule of the middle class → teleology of the state → |
| mainTopic |
citizenship
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constitutions → nature of the state → polis → political philosophy → the good life → |
| originalLanguage |
Ancient Greek
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| periodWritten |
4th century BCE
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| philosophicalSchool |
Peripatetic school
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| philosophicalTradition |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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| relatedWork |
Nicomachean Ethics
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| structure |
eight books
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| title |
Politics
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Aristotle
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