Single Idea 22584

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people]

Full Idea

Communities should have some one thing that is common and the same for all the members, whether they share in it equally or unequally - for example, food, a quantity of territory, or something else of this sort.

Gist of Idea

A community should all share to some extent in something like land or food

Source

Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1328a27)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.169


A Reaction

In modern societies vast numbers of people own no land at all, and common land has dwindled. Maybe it is roads, buses and trains?