Aristotle's Politics•Grade 9•rhetoric Stage
Man as Political Animal
The Text
What You'll Learn
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Comprehension
Identifies Aristotle's central claim: man is by nature a political animal
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Cause & Consequence
Explains why the city is natural: it is the end/fulfillment of earlier associations
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Meaning
Takes a position on whether Aristotle is right that humans are "political by nature"
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Defense
Steel-mans the counterargument (presents it in its strongest form)
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