1. The Political States of Plato and Aristotle
... argument is made that men form states not out of necessity due to lack of self-sufficiency, but rather out of inherent instinct. The state existed in nature prior to its discovery by man, and "a human being is by nature a political animal, and anyone who is without a city-state" is not by definition a man (Aristotle, 4). Even in his most primal form, the very ... government, was a constructed means for resisting chaos. Refuting Plato's theory, by asserting that Politics is not an imagined aspect of a dream world, to the contrary, it is an inherent instinct of men. Plato's systematic co...
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