The Good Citizen, the Good Man, and Alternation in Aristotle’s Best Constitution(s)

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Good Citizen, the Good Man, and Alternation in Aristotle’s Best Constitution(s)
Original language description
In various passages of his Politics, Aristotle gives two diametri-cally opposed answers to the questions of whether, in the best regime, a good citizen must also be a good man, and of whether the excellence of a good man is single, complete and perfect. In this article, I summarize what Aristotle claims in different places about the relationship between the good citizen and the good man, afterwards relating it to other statements of Aristotle that might complement or illuminate the topic; I then propose a plausible solution to these "contradictions". My explanation is linked, among other things, to Aristotle's aporia of the best constitution and, consequently, to the "two paths to excellence". Are we to consider the "best constitution" to be the absolute best one that we could put in place according to our wishes, if no external obstacle opposed it, or the one that is best "for most cities and most people?"
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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