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Ideas for 'Topics', 'Attack Upon Christendom' and 'On Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 2'

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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness

12281	Man is intrinsically a civilized animal [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: It is an essential [kath' auto] property of man to be 'by nature a civilized animal'.
	From: Aristotle (Topics [c.331 BCE], 128b17)
	A reaction: I take this, along with man being intrinsically rational, to be the foundation of Aristotelian ethics. Given that we are civilized, self-evident criteria emerge for how to be good at it. A good person is, above all, a good citizen.

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy

16009	When we seek our own 'freedom' we are just trying to avoid responsibility [Kierkegaard]
	Full Idea: In all our own 'freedom' we actually seek one thing: to be able to live without responsibility.
	From: Søren Kierkegaard (Attack Upon Christendom [1855], p.290)
	A reaction: That's the plan when I win the lottery. [SY]