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CIVILIZATION

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“It is clear that the polis is a natural growth and that man is by nature a political animal, and a man who is citiless by nature and not by fortune is either low in the scale of humanity or above it, solitary like an isolate piece in chess.” ____ Aristotle, PoliticsIn this document, Aristotle describes a theory of human nature that reflects the reality that Greek political life was organized into ____
A
republics
B
tyrannies
C
city-states
D
direct democracies
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the first book, Aristotle discusses the city ( : polis) or “political community” ( : koinōnía politikē) as opposed to other types of communities and partnerships such as the household ( : oikos) and village. The highest form of community is the polis.

Detailed explanation-2: -His main ideology consists in that a man is by nature a political animal because he can reason and communicate with others, therefore, has the potential to alter or change his living conditions for better because he can recognize the difference from right or wrong.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aristotle asserts that all communities aim at some good. The state (polis), by which he means a city-state such as Athens, is the highest kind of community, aiming at the highest of goods. The most primitive communities are families of men and women, masters and slaves.

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