1. Aristotle
Aristotle's teleological view holds that "whatever is the end-product of the coming into existence of any object, that is what we call its nature" and the ultimate end-product is eudaimonia or a virtuous life. Man is both a social and political animal in that we are inclined to live in society as well ... for man to be a political animal. Aristotle informs us that the association within the state "is the end of those others whatever is the end- product that is what we call its nature" and that "It is clear then that the state is both natural and prior to the individual" Hence, the polis is t...
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