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City's Political Control Explained
- Aristotle sees the city as the highest community aiming at the ultimate good, thus most controlling of all sub-communities.
- Political power is teleological, based on the natural attractiveness of certain goods, not mere coercion or pushing and pulling.
Natural Growth of the City
- Aristotle views the city as a natural organism growing from human needs like procreation.
- The political community isn't a social contract invention but a natural outgrowth of human associations.
Aristotle's Natural Slavery Concept
- Natural slavery arises from some humans lacking the capability of practical rationality to govern themselves.
- This dependency is integral to Aristotle's conception of the political, reflecting natural hierarchical relations.