The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and therefore he is like a part in relation to the whole.


Book I, Part II - Politics

Aristotle Quotes

The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and...

The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and...

The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and...

The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing; and...