The Essence of Humanity Is Being Political Actors

i noted on page 86, their discussing um their idea that human beings are conscious and reflective. In this sense, one could say aristotle was right, which i don't think this is what aristotle was saying. And then they push it further, and they say, if the very essence of our humanity consists of the fact that we are self conscious political actors, would that not mean human beings should actually have explored a wide range of social arrangements? So they are kind of slipping it in, like by slight of hand here, that the essence of humanity is being political actors and being, you coun say, political debaters,. But all societies have ritual actions that they repeat over the course