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Aristotle: The Politics - Main Terms And Concepts
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20 Questions

1. What does Aristotle think of democracy?

2. What is it about man that makes him into a naturally political animal?

3. What are some examples of this method at work in the texts that we have read for this class?

4. What distinguishes a corrupt government from a good one?

5. Why should the soul be considered the most important focus of the drive for excellence?

6. How does a political society differ from a military expedition?

7. Why does Aristotle believe that a city without complete unity is better than a highly unified one? Be able to put your answer into your own words.

8. Why do we look at theoretical forms of constitution? What good does that do?

9. What are the excellences of states?

10. What is it about mankind's ability to speak that makes Aristotle think that we are naturally political beings?

11. What are the principal forms of government and their corruptions?

12. What are the primary steps in the development of the state, from family to self-sufficiency?

13. What is Aristotle's definition of a constitution?

14. What is Aristotle's method? What are the general steps he believes should be undertaken to construct a good theory?

15. What is the best form of state?

16. What is wrong with the idea of communal property?

17. What is the principal of order in political society?

18. Why are different constitutional forms appropriate for different states?

19. What is 'logos' what role does it play for Aristotle?

20. What is the relation between a governmental regime and the character of the people within it?