Is Man A Political Animal?
An elementary starting point for all political theory, therefore, is the existential fact that members of the human species live together, whatever may be the elements of instinct, habit, necessity or choice that induce people to form societies.If man is a social animal, is he then necessarily a political animal? Aristotle said he is, and it has remained a generally accepted truth until recently. ADVERTISEMENTS: But opinion now veers round the belief that man is neither instinctively nor by learning necessarily a political animal. Adherents of this point of view, who are now many, particularly in the United States of America, admit that few people ever live outside the State. They also admit that the advantages of living together far outweigh the disadvantages.“Nonetheless, though human beings must and do live…