Aristotle and the «politeia» of the Carthaginians
ABSTRACT: One aspect of Book 2 of Aristotle’s «Politics» that has drawn the most attention among scholars is his discussion of the «politeia» of Carthage, a non-Greek political community. Bearing in mind this unconventional decision, my paper will firstly focus on the reasons that led Aristotle to i...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositório: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/110869 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/110869 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
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| Resumo: | ABSTRACT: One aspect of Book 2 of Aristotle’s «Politics» that has drawn the most attention among scholars is his discussion of the «politeia» of Carthage, a non-Greek political community. Bearing in mind this unconventional decision, my paper will firstly focus on the reasons that led Aristotle to include this regime by adopting the conceptual category of «politeia»: this, in fact, allows him to analyze political phenomena that meet a series of prerequisites and are not exclusively related with the Greek world. Secondly, I will concentrate on the criteria used by the philosopher to determine whether or not the Carthaginians’ political order actually worked, showing that these criteria come mainly from the ‘empirical’ Books (4-6) of «Politics». |
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