Single Idea 22585

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism]

Full Idea

A city must not be called happy by looking at just a part of it, but by looking at all of the citizens.

Gist of Idea

Look at all of the citizens before judging a city to be happy

Source

Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1329a22)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Reeve,C.D.C. [Hackett 2017], p.171


A Reaction

For example, it is wrong for a state to exult for being on the winning side in a major war, if it has meant misery for much of their own population. The Field of the Cloth of Gold (1520) does not excuse the misery of vagrants.