Aristotle on the Nature of Community

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Aristotle on the Nature of Community
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Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction
	The Historical Contest of Nature and Reason
	The Resources of Aristotle’s Politics
	Difficulties with Reading Aristotle
	Interpretative Strategies
	The Natural Polis
1 The Internal Principle of Change Interpretation of Nature
	Nature as Archē Kinēseōs
	Kinēsis in Natural Generation
		Actuality, Potentiality, and Natural Movement
		Generation and Privation
		Metabolē and Kinēsis
	Conclusion
2 The Four Arguments for the Naturalness of the Polis
	Beginning Again: The Genetic Argument
	In the End: The Telic Argument
	Speaking of: The Argument from Logos
	Parts and Wholes: The Moriōn Argument
	Against Totalitarianism and Liberal Individualism
		Against Totalitarianism
		Against Liberal Individualism
	Conclusion
3 Logos and the Political Nature of Anthrōpos
	Phōnē, Logos, and Political Life
	Logos and the Aristotelian Self
	The Priority of Logos
	Nous and Logos
	Conclusion
4 The Natural Rational Human and the Natural Rational Polis
	The Nature of Being Human: Logos
		Praxis and Energeia
	Choice, Deliberation, and Nature
	Choice without Will: What Depends on Us
		Political Freedom: Deliberating over Ends
		Ethical Life: Choice of What Depends on Our Efforts
	Nature, Human Reason, and the Polis
		The Nature of the Polis
		The Natural Polis and Language
		The Natural Polis and Its Internal Source
	Conclusion
5 Deliberation and Constitution
	Deliberation as Archē Kinēseōs
		Citizens and Deliberation
		Ruling and Being Ruled
		Ruling and Deliberation
		Deliberation and the Order of the Community
		Deliberation Undomesticated
	Constitution as Formal and Final Cause
		Constitution as Form
		The Role of Rulers in Preserving the Constitution
		Constitution as Final Cause
	Conclusion: Deliberation and Constitution
6 Natural Slaves and Silent Women: The Case for Political Rule as Deliberation
	The Extremity of Natural Slavery in the Politics
	Deliberation and Nature
	The Inhumanity of Despotic Rule
	Political Rule, Taking Turns, and the Role of Women
	Conclusions for Political Life
Conclusion
	Practical Implications
		Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement
	Deliberation and the Constitution
Bibliography
	Primary Texts
	Scholarly Literature
Source Index
Index