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The Greek viewed “politics” on the basis of :
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- Both ethical and legalistic terms
- Ethical terms
- Terms of power
- Legalistic terms
- Both ethical and legalistic terms
Correct Option: B
The Greek viewed politics on the basis of ethical terms. The very word comes from the title of Aristotle’s book ‘Politics’ (politika means “affairs of the cities’) that discussed the city (polis) or “political community” as opposed to other types of communities and argued that the highest form of community is the polis since public life is far more virtuous than the private and because men are “political animals.’ According to Aristotle’s philosophy, the inquiry into ethics necessarily follows into politics. He believed that the purpose of politics is to ensure “good life” and set up a just society. This is purely an ethical standpoint and Aristotle viewed politics in that light.