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Aristotle on the nature of community /
This reading of Aristotle's Politics builds on the insight that the history of political philosophy is a series of configurations of nature and reason. Aristotle's conceptualization of nature is unique because it is not opposed to or subordinated to reason. Adriel M. Trott uses Aristotle&#...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Aristotle on the Nature of Community; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; The Historical Contest of Nature and Reason; The Resources of Aristotle's Politics; Difficulties with Reading Aristotle; Interpretative Strategies; The Natural Polis; 1 The Internal Principle of Change Interpretation of Nature; Nature as Archē Kinēseōs; Kinēsis in Natural Generation; Actuality, Potentiality, and Natural Movement; Generation and Privation; Metabolē and Kinēsis; Conclusion; 2 The Four Arguments for the Naturalness of the Polis; Beginning Again: The Genetic Argument.
- In the End: The Telic ArgumentSpeaking of: The Argument from Logos; Parts and Wholes: The Moriōn Argument; Against Totalitarianism and Liberal Individualism; Against Totalitarianism; Against Liberal Individualism; Conclusion; 3 Logos and the Political Nature of Anthrōpos; Phōnē, Logos, and Political Life; Logos and the Aristotelian Self; The Priority of Logos; Nous and Logos; Conclusion; 4 The Natural Rational Human and the Natural Rational Polis; The Nature of Being Human: Logos; Praxis and Energeia; Choice, Deliberation, and Nature; Choice without Will: What Depends on Us.
- Political Freedom: Deliberating over EndsEthical Life: Choice of What Depends on Our Efforts; Nature, Human Reason, and the Polis; The Nature of the Polis; The Natural Polis and Language; The Natural Polis and Its Internal Source; Conclusion; 5 Deliberation and Constitution; Deliberation as Archē Kinēseōs; Citizens and Deliberation; Ruling and Being Ruled; Ruling and Deliberation; Deliberation and the Order of the Community; Deliberation Undomesticated; Constitution as Formal and Final Cause; Constitution as Form; The Role of Rulers in Preserving the Constitution; Constitution as Final Cause.
- Conclusion: Deliberation and Constitution6 Natural Slaves and Silent Women: The Case for Political Rule as Deliberation; The Extremity of Natural Slavery in the Politics; Deliberation and Nature; The Inhumanity of Despotic Rule; Political Rule, Taking Turns, and the Role of Women; Conclusions for Political Life; Conclusion; Practical Implications; Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement; Deliberation and the Constitution; Bibliography; Primary Texts; Scholarly Literature; Source Index; Index.