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il manifesto: Cervelli italiani per la Politica di Aristotele

Il pensiero antico ci ha consegnato due opere che possono senz’altro venire considerate come gli archetipi fondamentali del modo in cui la filosofia politica è stata concepita in Occidente: la […]
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Italian Minds for Politics by Aristotle

Ancient thought has bequeathed to us two works that can certainly be considered as the fundamental archetypes of the way political philosophy has been conceived in the West: the […]
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#Italian #Aristotle #first

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Cervelli italiani per la Politica di Aristotele | il manifesto

(Alias Domenica) Il pensiero antico ci ha consegnato due opere che possono senz’altro venire considerate come gli archetipi fondamentali del modo in cui la filosofia politica è stata concepita in Occidente: la Repubblica di Platone e la Politica di Aristotele. Si tratta di due testi che non potrebbero essere più diversi: non solo per contenuto e metodo

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Public Domain Image Archive 1d ago

The Seven Stages of the Office Seeker (1852) by Edward Williams Clay.

Source: Library of Congress

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P. L. Klein 6d ago

"In all things of Nature, there is something of the marvelous." ~ #Aristotle

Mark Mar 29

“two principles are characteristic of democracy, government of the majority and freedom. Men think that what is just is equal; and that equality is the supremacy of the popular will; and that freedom means doing what one likes. In such democracies every one lives as he pleases, or in the words of Euripides, 'according to his fancy'. But this is all wrong; men should not think it slavery to live according to the rule of the constitution; for it is their salvation.”
Politics #Aristotle #philosophy

Mark Mar 28

“Especially should the laws provide against any one having too much power, whether derived from friends or money; if he has, he should be sent clean out of the country.”
Book V, Politics, #Aristotle

Aristotle was a careful analyst of ancient states, interested in what tended to work or not work. So this advice is pragmatic, not something he regards as inherently just or unjust.

Today, we are ok with the use and abuse of power by individuals with immense wealth and influence.

#philosophy