Nature of Political Science. Aristotle talls us a simple truth when he
says, “He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is
sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or god” It means that man is a
social animal. He is born in society and he lives in society. This is obviously
for two rrasons. Man is a very gregarious animal. He is easily affected by
sympathy and the desire for sympathy. He prefers company to solitude. He
admires and imitates others, and he likes to be admired and imitated. These
social impulses aside, necessity also compels man to live a social life. No man
is self-sufficient, and nature has hot created one. His needs are many and
purposes numerous. For yhe satisfaction of his diverse needs and the fulfillment
of his various purposes, he must associate with his fallows and seek their
co-operation. Such is the testimony of history, Here and there an individual or
a family has subsisted apart from the rest of the human race, but that is an
exception rather than a rule. The general rule is that men live, and always have
lived, in social groups.
Nature of Political Science. Aristotle talls us a simple truth when he says, “He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or god” It means that man is asocial animal. He is born in society and he lives in society. This is obviouslyfor two rrasons. Man is a very gregarious animal. He is easily affected bysympathy and the desire for sympathy. He prefers company to solitude. Headmires and imitates others, and he likes to be admired and imitated. Thesesocial impulses aside, necessity also compels man to live a social life. No manis self-sufficient, and nature has hot created one. His needs are many andpurposes numerous. For yhe satisfaction of his diverse needs and the fulfillmentof his various purposes, he must associate with his fallows and seek theirco-operation. Such is the testimony of history, Here and there an individual ora family has subsisted apart from the rest of the human race, but that is anexception rather than a rule. The general rule is that men live, and always havelived, in social groups.
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