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If everyone could have everything they wanted whenever they wanted, there would be no such thing as politics.
If everyone could have everything they wanted whenever they wanted, there would be no such thing as politics.
it has been understood in many different ways
it has been understood in many different ways
we develop a language to explain and justify our claims and to challenge, contradict, or answer the claims of others.
we develop a language to explain and justify our claims and to challenge, contradict, or answer the claims of others.
This might be a language of interests, whether of individuals or groups, or it might be a language of
This might be a language of interests, whether of individuals or groups, or it might be a language of
values, such as rights and liberties or fair sha...
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values, such as rights and liberties or fair sha...
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from its very beginnings, is the development of political ideas and concepts. These ideas help us to make our cla...
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from its very beginnings, is the development of political ideas and concepts. These ideas help us to make our cla...
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Political life is undoubtedly in part a necessary response to the challenges of everyday life and the recognition that collective action is often better than individual action.
Political life is undoubtedly in part a necessary response to the challenges of everyday life and the recognition that collective action is often better than individual action.
Once complex societies emerge, different questions arise.
Once complex societies emerge, different questions arise.
"Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship." Aristotle
"Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship." Aristotle
Aristotle said that it is natural for man to live politically, and this is not simply the observation that man is better off in a complex society than abandoned and isolated. It is also the claim that there is something fittingly human about having views on how matters of public concern should be decided.
Aristotle said that it is natural for man to live politically, and this is not simply the observation that man is better off in a complex society than abandoned and isolated. It is also the claim that there is something fittingly human about having views on how matters of public concern should be decided.
Politics is a noble activity in which men decide the rules they will live by and the goals they will collectively pursue.
Politics is a noble activity in which men decide the rules they will live by and the goals they will collectively pursue.
