Aristotle's Politics: Man Is a Political Animal

In Aristotle's political book I, Aristotle believed that humans are inherently political animals, thus man was born naturally. The first argument of Aristotle said, "As with other places, by observing how things develop naturally from scratch and studying them best, as well as these places" We describe how to form. (2 pages, line 24) At the beginning of Chapter 2, Aristotle claimed that the police are not necessary and breeding. This idea is different from Republic Socrates and Plato.

Greek philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle cherish their social life. According to Aristotle, people are political animals. Aristotle believes that people should lead civilization in society, not isolated beings like wild beasts. He believes that individuals should participate in the civic life of society. For Aristotle, however, the concept of social nature is not characterized by speaking and social nature but by the intellect and moral virtue that adapts people to social life.

In addition to defining human goals as good lives, Aristotle further considers humans as political animals. In order to fully understand Aristotle's human concept as a political animal it is necessary to study Aristotle's social type, ie Athens. This city state depends on the government's public governance system known as Athenian democracy. This direct democracy has the ability to allow citizens (except slaves, women, and children) to participate in national affairs, to select policies and make decisions of governance. Therefore, for Athens citizens, you can see that politics is an important part of daily life. Furthermore, returning to the human concept as a political animal, Aristotle claims that humans differ from all other animals in the gift of speech. The aim is to distinguish between injustice and justice that can only be achieved in the country.

As Aristotle is known for his politics, people are "political animals". The first society of humankind is family and the second society is cities. Here (in cities) humans can achieve "good living" - if not, human beings are either beasts or gods. In the teachings of Aristotle, the political order is essential for cities and the cities should be responsible for promoting virtues among citizens. In addition, the benefits of the city are considered superior to the personal interests (Hobbes and Hegel will agree here). All of these lead to central problems in political philosophy. Who should lead the city?