Aristotle and the politeia of the Carthaginians
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 re...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/142039 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/142039 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Aristotle’s Politics Book 2 Carthage Politeia Non-Greeks Best Regime (Ariste Politeia) Aristotle’s Politeiai Libro II de la Política de Aristóteles Cartago Politeiai aristotélicas Bárbaros Régimen político mejor (ariste politeia) |
| Resumo: | 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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