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9780521849340

The Household as the Foundation of Aristotle's Polis

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    9780521849340

  • ISBN10:

    0521849349

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-03-13
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Among ancient writers Aristotle offers the most profound analysis of the ancient Greek household and its relationship to the state. The household was not the family in the modern sense of the term, but a much more powerful entity with significant economic, political, social, and educational resources. The success of the polis in all its forms lay in the reliability of households to provide it with the kinds of citizens it needed to ensure its functioning. In turn, the state offered the members of its households a unique opportunity for humans to flourish. This book explains how Aristotle thought household and state interacted within the polis.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Ancient and Modern Households
1(18)
The Polis as Community and Polity
19(12)
Polis Households: Possessions
31(45)
Polis Households: Labor Needs of the Oikos
76(59)
Non-Polis Households
135(17)
The Perfection of the Household
152(25)
Philia as Bond Between Oikos and Polis
177(26)
Plato's Paideia
203(44)
Aristotle's Paideia
247(50)
Conclusion
297(22)
Bibliography 319(28)
Index 347

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