Polityczna natura człowieka jako problem: między czytaniem Arystotelesa a nowoczesnym użyciem rozumu

• Authors: Paweł Armada
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The article examines the concept of the political nature of man that caneasily be traced back to the famous passage by Aristotle at the beginningof his Politics. The classical science on politics, as mostly derivedfrom Aristotle’s book and distinguished from the modern political science,is based, indeed, upon that claim on human nature which mustbe perceived in light of a broader vision of cosmos. There is also a vitaltension between the contemplative way of life and politics or practicecertainly worth being taken into consideration when asking about thefoundation of the claim above. In order to grasp this tension, the readershould turn to another well-known piece from Aristotle, namely a fragmentof his Nicomachean Ethics. After the concise examination of theclassic’s oeuvre, the author of the article shows in a brief manner someintellectual reasons that stand behind an actual contemporary oblivionof the classical science of politics and form the background, instead, ofthe post-modern conception of political commitment or “the political”.

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Horyzonty Polityki
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 25-62

Dates

published

2015-05-18

Contributors

author

Paweł Armada