Aristotle Citizen Analysis
Introduction
The purpose of this essay is to illustrate, compare and contrast the moral and political duties and characteristics of a citizen according to Plato and Aristotle. The essay will be splitted into three parts. The first part will focus on Plato’s description of citizen’s duties, followed by Aristotle’s view on it. The comparison and highlighting of the differences and similarities between philosophers will be given at the next part. Finally, it will be concluded that Aristotle and Plato have a range of notable differences as well as similarities in their views on citizen’s role in the society.
PLATO
Plato, in his book called “Republic” gave a broad amount of his thoughts on what it is like to be a citizen. Citizens of the ideal …show more content…
A citizen is not being a citizen according to his ability to be a claimant or respondent, as foreigners can be both too. A citizen is also not being a citizen till he attains the adulthood, or if he is elder exempt from civic duties. These citizens, are citizens in relative sense, and not the absolute citizens (Plato & Asmus, 1965: 398). First ones are partly free from punishments and the latter ones gone over the age …show more content…
It can be seen from the quote, that women are not considered to be citizens, according to Plato.
Philosopher 2:
Moving on to Aristotle, the highlighting of the fact that he was influenced by Plato becomes important. For example, he took over Plato’s concept of objectual knowledge and turned it into his own concept of substantial knowledge (Chappell, 2012). In his book called “Politics” he provided a reader with a comprehensive analysis of a citizen and his duties within the society.
Aristotle has identified three types of citizens at any state: highly rich, highly poor and middle class in terms of its possession of money (Aristotle, 2009: 253).
It is believed by him that the basis of life of people with excessive wealth is a kind of unnatural gain of property. However, all citizen are not driven by the pursuit of the "good life", but by the desire for life in general. As no one can fulfill a thirst for life, the irrepressible desire to means which can quench this thirst is
The purpose of this essay is to illustrate, compare and contrast the moral and political duties and characteristics of a citizen according to Plato and Aristotle. The essay will be splitted into three parts. The first part will focus on Plato’s description of citizen’s duties, followed by Aristotle’s view on it. The comparison and highlighting of the differences and similarities between philosophers will be given at the next part. Finally, it will be concluded that Aristotle and Plato have a range of notable differences as well as similarities in their views on citizen’s role in the society.
PLATO
Plato, in his book called “Republic” gave a broad amount of his thoughts on what it is like to be a citizen. Citizens of the ideal …show more content…
A citizen is not being a citizen according to his ability to be a claimant or respondent, as foreigners can be both too. A citizen is also not being a citizen till he attains the adulthood, or if he is elder exempt from civic duties. These citizens, are citizens in relative sense, and not the absolute citizens (Plato & Asmus, 1965: 398). First ones are partly free from punishments and the latter ones gone over the age …show more content…
It can be seen from the quote, that women are not considered to be citizens, according to Plato.
Philosopher 2:
Moving on to Aristotle, the highlighting of the fact that he was influenced by Plato becomes important. For example, he took over Plato’s concept of objectual knowledge and turned it into his own concept of substantial knowledge (Chappell, 2012). In his book called “Politics” he provided a reader with a comprehensive analysis of a citizen and his duties within the society.
Aristotle has identified three types of citizens at any state: highly rich, highly poor and middle class in terms of its possession of money (Aristotle, 2009: 253).
It is believed by him that the basis of life of people with excessive wealth is a kind of unnatural gain of property. However, all citizen are not driven by the pursuit of the "good life", but by the desire for life in general. As no one can fulfill a thirst for life, the irrepressible desire to means which can quench this thirst is