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The Household as the Foundation of Aristotle's Polis
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ISBN10: 0521849349
ISBN13: 9780521849340
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Mar 13 2006
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.39
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.46 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780521849340
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Mar 13 2006
Pages: 366
Weight: 1.39
Height: 1.08 Width: 6.46 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Among ancient writers Aristotle offers the most profound analysis of the ancient Greek household and its relationship to the state. The household was not the family in the modern sense of the term, but a much more powerful entity with significant economic, political, social, and educational resources. The success of the polis in all its forms lay in the reliability of households to provide it with the kinds of citizens it needed to ensure its functioning. In turn, the state offered the members of its households a unique opportunity for humans to flourish. This 2006 book explains how Aristotle thought household and state interacted within the polis.
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