Aristotle__Politics

Aristotle: Politics Aristotle: Politics Book One, Chpts. 1-8 In the first eight chapters of Politics, Aristotle seems to have one primary goal in mind. This goal is to justify to everyone why the Greek society should be as he says. He gives examples of why certain people should be slaves, why some men are superior to others, how men are better than animals, and why Greeks as a whole are better than other people. According to Arnhart though, Aristotle may not have been sure of all the things he was arguing for, as he seemed to contradict himself from time to time. In Chapter 1, Aristotle states that "every community is established for the sake of some good." He goes on to say that since city-states aim higher than other communities to involve all people, they are a political community. Also in this chapter, Aristotle differentiates between the positions of statesman, king, household manager, and master of slaves, which he refers to throughout Book 1. He concludes this chapter by stating how to examine what he says in order for it to make sense. This method seems to be reductionalism. Chapter 2 is when Aristotle first compares aristotle, chapter, people, men, states, slavery, property, household, slaves, rules, rule, one, first, compares, city-state, both, between, women, stating, slave, should, says, piece, over, out, nature, master, goes, force, examples, differentiates, different, concludes, community