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

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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?"

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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?"

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Revue de philosophie ancienne

ISSN

0771-5420

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

2025

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

BE - Belgické království

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

3-23

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