Comparing Political Theorists

Part One

1 . Based on the passage from Aristotole 's The Politics (1997 , it can be gathered that Aristotle is establishing the relationship of the individual and collective . As individuals live in a collective , may the collective be a community or a city , individuals play certain roles in to move the city forward or at least , sustain the functionality of the city by means of certain contributions . Should individuals find themselves isolated , as Aristotle mentioned , they are referred to as either beast or god mainly because beasts do not know how to

relate to others where a sense of the norm is expected whereas as a god , the city is considered beneath this particular individual

It can be gathered that Aristotle 's passage shows that the state of isolation can be due to the choice of the individual not to participate in the city or the community . Although it is possible that an individual may have any political associations within the city , an individual at least gets to participate in the overall social dynamics by means of participation such as through election or at least , a discourse . This relationship demonstrates that the individual establishes a sense of interdependence with the community at various aspects this can be seen in the economic elements between the city and the individual in which there is a certain sense of supply and demand in fulfilling each other 's needs and wants

Although there is nothing wrong with self-sufficiency , the challenge in this is...