The constant rise and fall of individuals and states is the theme that pervade virtually most of the works. Herodotus and Hesiod write about it and it is noted also by Ovid. Discuss this theme in connection with Aristotles view of tragedy as it helps to r

The constant rise and fall of individuals and states in the vision of Aristotle

Andra Picincu

Spiru Haret University

The concept of state

The 'state ' concept is susceptible to multiple definitions , depending on the historical era considered as a landmark and doctrinal positions . The existence of the state in contemporary society is an indisputable reality

As a subject of multidisciplinary studies , the state can 't be analyzed separately from the other two concepts that are strongly connected , the power and the law only pedagogical motivations justify their apparently

distinct consideration , by focusing rather on one of them

The 'state ' term comes from the word 'status , from Latin , which initially meant a state of thing , and in the legal area , a situation of a person who is part of a community , having in common a set of values and which gives him certain rights and obligations

Particularly in the social and political organization of the Middle Ages , the 'states ' were representing social categories that have had a specific role in the exercise of power . This word was used to denote the fortresses , the Roman type republics , Oriental states and other forms of political organization of society

This does not mean that the early stage of existence of the state have been attempts to substantiate clear ideas about the state . Such attempts of treating the state 's problem can be found , for example , at the thinkers of antiquity , such as Aristotle and Plato . The actual meaning of the term apparently was first...