Aristotle'S Politics - Paperback
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9760226154987
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9780226154985

Aristotle'S Politics

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Author
Garver, Eugene

ā€œMan is a political animal,ā€ Aristotle asserts near the beginning of the Politics. In this novel reading of one of the foundational texts of political philosophy, Eugene Garver traces the surprising implications of Aristotleā€™s claim and explores the treatiseā€™s relevance to ongoing political concerns. Often dismissed as overly grounded in Aristotleā€™s specific moment in time, in fact the Politics challenges contemporary understandings of human action and allows us to better see ourselves today.

Close examination of Aristotleā€™s treatise, Garver finds, reveals a significant, practical role for philosophy to play in politics. Philosophers present arguments about issuesā€”such as the right and the good, justice and modes of governance, the relation between the good person and the good citizen, and the character of a good lifeā€”that politicians must then make appealing to their fellow citizens. Completing Garverā€™s trilogy on Aristotleā€™s unique vision, Aristotleā€™s Politics yields new ways of thinking about ethics and politics, ancient and modern.

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