Aristotle's Time In Greece

During Aristotle’s time in Greece, cities were important political entities. The cities would control the surrounding territories that were farmed. The city was not subordinate to the state or nation; it held just as high of a position, if not higher – it was sovereign over the territory it controlled. “…While all communities aim at some good, the community that aims most of all at the good – at the good that most of all controls all the other goods – is the one that most of all controls and includes the others; and this is the one called the city, the political community” (Aristotle 288). The city is supposed to aim at the good, and the partnership that is the most authoritative and provides the best aim for good is the called the city or