Politics |
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Author:
| Aristotle, |
ISBN: | 978-1-4191-4246-8 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
Publisher: | Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them. In the first place there must be a union of those who cannot exist without each other; namely, of male and female, that the race may continue (and this is a union which is formed, not of deliberate purpose, but because, in common with other animals and with plants, mankind have a natural desire to leave behind them an image of themselves).
He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them. In the first place there must be a union of those who cannot exist without each other; namely, of male and female, that the race may continue (and this is a union which is formed, not of deliberate purpose, but because, in common with other animals and with plants, mankind have a natural desire to leave behind them an image of themselves).