POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Metic, Teleology
6 Dec 2013
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Plato is not popular in terms of social contexts. 1- people like aristotle because he seems to have a political theory that celebrates social diversity (pluralism) 2- aristotle has a political knowledge that"s more favorable of practical knowledge. 3- he has a conception of liberal education which aims high without going to the extremes of plato. 4- aristotle is said to be much more relevant to us today because he is more empirical and democratic. Both plato and aristotle are concerned with what"s the good life, virtue, justice. Ideal regime according to aristotle - utopian politics (book 7) Aristotle conceives of political science quite differently than plato did in terms of purpose and method. Aristotle 3 types of sciences: theoretical sciences (good actions and happiness), practical sciences (politics and ethics), productive sciences (rhetoric, carpentry) For plato, political science belongs in the theoretical sciences. For aristotle, democracy is a deviant regime. Aristotle was born in a very wealthy family in macedonia.
