Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21464/mo.29.1.13
Aristotle’s political theory in the horizon of measure and education
Željko Senković
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The article considers the Greek ideal of moderation, most often expressed through the notion of the Mean. It is not merely a pangreek ideal, but an ancient and everlasting inheritance, which converged to the education in the unity of ‘goodness and beauty’. It is lived in the polis, as it was also a personal aspiration of the inner soul. In Aristotle’s politics, the source of moderation is primarily connected (Pol. IV−VI) to the balance of political orders (political Mean), however there is another perspective (Pol. VI−VII) in which it is more about the virtue and moral qualities of aristocracy, which identifies the good man and citizen. That approach is more akin to research conducted in Aristotle’s texts on ethics (ethical Mean). Careful analysis of these distinctions from the book Politics is concluded with insights on education (paideia) and virtue as complementary aspects of practical philosophy.
Keywords
Aristotle; politics; ethics; mean; education
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279484
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Publication date:
21.6.2022.
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