When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.


Politica, by B. Jowett. Oeconomica, by E. S. Forster. Atheniensium respublica, by Sir F. G. Kenyon. 1921 (ed. 1921)

Aristotle Quotes

When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence,...

When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence,...

When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence,...

When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence,...