Politics by Aristotle

Category:Philosophy/Political Science/Classics

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Pages:232

About the Book:

From Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosopher whose work shaped Western thought, comes with Politics, a foundational text on political theory and the organization of human society. Aristotle was a student of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great, and his writings on ethics, politics, and metaphysics have influenced thinkers for over two thousand years. This edition is part of the Penguin Classics series, which brings classic works of philosophy and literature to modern readers.

Politics is the second part of Aristotle's treatise on philosophy, following The Nicomachean Ethics, and it explores the nature of the state, the role of the citizen, and the different forms of government. The work addresses the political community, different types of regimes, citizenship, the structure of political power, constitutional governance, revolutions, family life, and education . Aristotle famously states that man is by nature a political animal, arguing that humanity's defining factor among others in the animal kingdom is its rationality.