The Completion of the Philosophy of Human Affairs in Aristotle's ›Politics‹

Analyses – Interpretations

von Eckart Schutrumpf

345 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This study addresses the often-discussed relationship between the two works that comprise Aristotle’s philosophy of human affairs, the
Nicomachean

Ethics
and the
Politics
. Their relationship has been described often by determining “politics” as the subject of both.

By this view, for the
Nicomachean Ethics
a political dimension is claimed which it does not have. While in
Nicomachean Ethics
1.1 a political knowledge which possesses absolute powers is introduced, it has no counterpart in the
Politics
and is an abomination by the general views of the
Politics
about the powers, that is people, that govern the
polis
. On the other hand, by the view that Aristotle´s practical philosophy was unified, the
Politics
is not recognized as a theoretical study in its own right, which is independent of anything discussed in the
Nicomachean

Ethics
, and pursues its own objectives.

This study will focus on the central subjects of the Politics, its theoretical concepts and their relationship to one another. It will emphasize the dominant theoretical approach of this work, which develops in a systematic manner the crucial political concepts of
polis
, community, constitution, and addresses the political aspirations of free citizens which must be met.

• Reihe: Beiträge zur Altertumskunde
• ISBN: 9783119149846
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.07.2025
• Genre: Philosophie/Sonstiges
• Verlag: De Gruyter