Single Idea 2431

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State]

Full Idea

Observation tells us that every state is an association; and that every state is formed with a view to some good purpose.

Gist of Idea

Every state is an association formed for some good purpose

Source

Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1252a01)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.54


A Reaction

Not so much a historical speculation, I think, as an assertion that it should be obvious what binds a state together, and hence has allowed it to endure.