The word “politics” originates from the Greek word “Polis” which means a city. In other words, politics is the study of a city. i.e., state.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines politics as: “the science dealing with form, organization and administration of a state, or part of one, and with the regulations of its relations with other states.”
Plato (428-427) & Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) – The Polis existed to seek its common good, civic virtue and moral perfection. They viewed politics as the moral purposes that decision-makers ought to pursue.