POL200Y5 Chapter All: Aristole : The Politics
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How is states is formed: first society to be formed is the village, a colonies of the families, hellness ruled by the a loyal family, several villages united then the state exits, state is creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal, man is the only with the gift of speech, characteristic of man has sense of good and evil, just v unjust, association go living beings who have this makes a sense of family, if individual is isolated then is not self sufficient, however when an individual is better in isolation then must be a beast or god, beast: lack language and reason (can communicate with one another and does not understand justice, men are separated from law and justice, they will be at their worse, good life is living the political life if by nature free born.