Aristotle’s Political Theory - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Jul 1, 1998 · Aristotle’s Political Theory. Aristotle (b. 384–d. 322 BCE), was a Greek philosopher, logician, and scientist. Along with his teacher Plato, Aristotle is generally regarded as one of the most influential ancient thinkers in a number of philosophical fields, including political theory.
Characteristics and Problems of Aristotle's Politics
Characteristics and Problems of Aristotle's Politics. The work which has come down to us under this name appears to be less an integrated treatise than a collection of essays on various topics in political philosophy, which may have been compiled by a later editor rather than by Aristotle.
Aristotle’s Ethics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
May 1, 2001 · 1. Preliminaries. Aristotle wrote two ethical treatises: the Nicomachean Ethics and the Eudemian Ethics. He does not himself use either of these titles, although in the Politics (1295a36) he refers back to one of them—probably the Eudemian Ethics —as “ ta êthika ”—his writings about character.
Presuppositions of Aristotle’s Politics - Stanford Encyclopedia of ...
Aristotle’s political philosophy is distinguished by its underlying philosophical doctrines. Of these the following five principles are especially noteworthy: (1) Principle of teleology Aristotle begins the Politics by invoking the concept of nature (see Political Naturalism).
Ancient Political Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sep 6, 2010 · Political philosophy as a genre was developed in this period by Plato and, in effect, reinvented by Aristotle: it encompasses reflections on the origin of political institutions, the concepts used to interpret and organize political life such as justice and equality, the relation between the aims of ethics and the nature of politics, and the ...
Characteristics and Problems of Aristotle’s Politics
Four issues are especially noteworthy: How did Aristotle intend for the Politics to be organized? In what order did he write the different books within the Politics? Is the work considered as a whole consistent? How is the Politics related to Aristotle’s ethical treatises?
Aristotle’s Rhetoric - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
May 2, 2002 · The methodical core of Aristotle’s Rhetoric is the theorem that there are three ‘technical’ pisteis, i.e. ‘persuaders’ or ‘means of persuasion’. Persuasion comes about either through the character (êthos) of the speaker, the emotional state (pathos) of the hearer, or the argument (logos) itself.
Aristotle’s Political Theory > Political Naturalism (Stanford ...
Aristotle lays the foundations for his political theory in Politics book I by arguing that the city-state and political rule are “natural.” The argument begins with a schematic, quasi-historical account of the development of the city-state out of simpler communities.
Ancient Political Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sep 6, 2010 · This article therefore begins by surveying political practices and the reflective accounts to which they gave rise in the classical Greek period of the independent polis. It then turns to the thinkers who invented “political philosophy” par …
Aristotle - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Sep 25, 2008 · The basic political unit for Aristotle is the polis, which is both a state in the sense of being an authority-wielding monopoly and a civil society in the sense of being a series of organized communities with varying degrees of converging interest.