Lesson 11
Home Questions Lesson 11 Lesson 11 Reflection

 

HOMEWORK QUESTIONS

 

What section are you in?

M2

M3

M7

 

What are your last four?

What kind of community is the state (polis)?

What are the two relationships that can't exist without each other?  What arises from these necessary relationships?    

What method is used by Aristotle for this study?

How and why does the state come into existence?  

How does Aristotle characterize a man without a state?

Explain the meaning of the phrase, 'the state (polis) exists by nature'.  What is the 'argument'?    

Why is man  said to be more a political animal than bees?

Explain the idea that the state is prior to the family?

What is the relationship between human flourishing and justice?

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