"the state [polis] is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal."
2007-09-15 12:32:57 · 5 answers · asked by super sonic* 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
He means that people are inherently driven to create societies and heirarchies... Such as families, then tribes, then towns, then cities, then nations... It is what man, by nature, does... So, the state (polis) is what occurs naturally out of those impulses that people are born with... So, by the transitive property, the polis is a creation of nature.
2007-09-15 12:41:05 · answer #1 · answered by Catboy 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
He means to say that there is no divide within man between a state of nature and a state of culture. Such divides have been supposed by such philosophers as Rousseau, which posited a state of nature from which "society" comes and takes man away.
But Aristotle believes in no such division. What he is stating is that civilization is part of man's very nature, and that we can not imagine a man without culture.
2007-09-15 12:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can anything be outside of nature? I think he is saying that the state is a necessity of man. Man is social and lives in a political environment.
2007-09-15 14:10:21 · answer #3 · answered by the Boss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of he capability that is suited to be risen with the necessities of existence (nutrition, guard, and a few interests) and to no longer be too spoiled or have greater advantageous than you relatively need. In different words, Too no longer have too little, nor too lots.
2016-12-26 12:20:55 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just means that human beings are obsessed with politics, and each human has and is entitiled to their own opinion on the way things should be run.
2007-09-15 12:41:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋