Aristotle's 'Politics' - A Reader's Guide

In the Politics , Aristotle sets out to discover what is the best form that the state can take. Similar to his mentor Plato, Aristotle considers the form that will produce justice and cultivate the highest human potential; however Aristotle takes a more empirical approach, examining the constitution of existing states and drawing on specific case-studies. In doing so he lays the foundations of modern political science.>

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• Authors: C David Corbin, C. David Corbin, C.David Corbin, Judith A Swanson, Judith A. Swanson, Judith A./ Corbin Swanson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2009
• EAN: 9780826484987
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8498-7
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Continuum Reader's Guides (Har; Reader's Guides; Continuum Reader's Guides (Har; A Reader's Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500