The application of natural method reveals that the state is natural or exists by nature. He has said that we are accustomed to analyze other composite things till they can be subdivided no further, let us in the same way examine the state and its component parts. It enjoys the highest rank or position in the society or social structure.Īs a typical biologist, Aristotle has analyzed the nature of state by dividing it into several components. Again, it is not an ordinary association. But its purpose is different from that of other associations. It is thus evident that like all associations the state is an association. It is the highest of all communities and naturally its purpose shall be the highest or supreme.
As a community the state has a purpose, and that purpose is also good.īut the state is not an ordinary community. Every community has certain purpose and that purpose is good. According to Aristotle, the state is a community of persons.
Let us now see what the definition wants to emphasize. That is the community which we call polis (or State) and that type of community we call political.”
I say ‘good’ because in their actions all men do in fact aim at what they think good.Ĭlearly then all communities aim at some good, that one which is the supreme and embraces all others will have also as its aim the supreme good. “Our own observation tells us that every polis is a community (or association) of persons formed with a view to some good purpose. Aristotle’s Theory of State: Nature, Function, Criticism and Thought! Nature of Polis or State :
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