Aristotle Writes the Politics
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- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Government and Politics, Philosophy
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Hellenistic Age, Ancient Greece
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Greece
- Date: c. 335-323
Article abstract: In writing the Politics, Aristotle established a classic body of political concepts capable of being applied by later generations of Western political analysts.
Summary of Event
Aristotle’s Politica (Politics, 1598) is but one of a number of treatises compiled in the Lyceum from school discussions of the philosopher on every conceivable realm of phenomena that was of interest to the Greek mind. In his discussion of politics, Aristotle did not seek, as the philosopher Plato had done, to lay foundations for a moral...
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