 The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and therefore he is like a part in relation to the whole. But he who is unable to live in society, or who has no...  The Politics of Aristotle - Page 4by Aristotle - 1885 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nancy Yousef - 2004 - 286 pages
...discoveries of our contemporaries. AUTONOMOUS BEASTS AND PERFECTIBLE HUMANS: NATURAL MAN AS IMAGINARY ANIMAL He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. ARISTOTLE, Politics In tracing some of the ways that the complex relationship... | |
 | W. Wesley McDonald - 2004 - 260 pages
...toward a love to our country, and to mankind. — Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France [H]e who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or god: he is no part of a state. A social instinct is implanted in all men by nature... | |
 | Simon Bromley - 2004 - 578 pages
...humans who are not slaves 'by nature' are 'by nature' fitted for politics, according to Aristotle; and 'he who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god .... A social instinct is implanted in all men by nature' (1996, p.14).... | |
 | RC Agarwal - 2004 - 580 pages
...not by mere accident is without state, is either above humanity or below it." In other words he says, "He who is unable to live in society or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or god. There is no doubt about it that man is a social and political animal because... | |
 | Gilbert Rist - 2002 - 308 pages
...clearly prior to the family and to the individual, since the whole is of necessity prior to the part; ... he who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god: he is no part of a State.'11 This quotation shows that things should be... | |
 | John Schrems - 2004 - 408 pages
...can be exceptions to the rule but they are indeed exceptions. Aristotle expressed this by observing: "He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god." Aristotle did not spend time describing the beast and gods because they... | |
 | Julia Reinhard Lupton - 2005 - 291 pages
...even dangerous, excellence of the philosopher, the hero, or the saint.4 Again, Aristotle is pertinent: "[H]e who is unable to live in society, or who has...no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god: he is no part of a state" (Politics 1253a). The tragic hero is a sacred... | |
 | Cyril Smith - 2005 - 248 pages
...is either a bad man or above humanity; ... he may be compared to an isolated piece at draughts. ... He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. (Politics, 1253a) 7 justice has a natural basis. However, the way any particular... | |
 | A. James Gregor - 2009 - 296 pages
...prior to the family and to the individual, since the whole is of necessity prior to the part. . . . He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient to himself, must be either a beast or a god: he is no part of a state." Aristotle, Politica, bk. 1,... | |
 | Chana B. Cox - 2006 - 302 pages
...prior to the individual. The proof that the polis is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing;...no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god: he is no part of a state. A social instinct is implanted in all men by... | |
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