Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Intellectual Virtue, Aristocracy, Oligarchy
8 Mar 2018
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Aristotle will be harsh on rulers that do not do their job properly. Hard for eikos to provide everything you can contemplate anywhere but for aristotle to satisfy intellectual virtue, you must do it with other people -> challenged by equals - household is not enough. Can express moral virtue, relationship with unequals - you command them, they don"t talk back - not satisfying moral relationship. To satisfying this you need equals - not sufficient. Villages: several eikos that got together , not self sufficient. May not have everything you need for good life. Self sufficient - everything we need for good life. Has agora (market), port, temple, theatre, gym. Enough different eikos that produces everything we need. Too big - good life in danger. May be unmanageable in democratic means - may have to get king/tyrant - not good if polity is too big, people lose opportunity to be involved life.
