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sdellis
14 days ago
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Aristotle quotes on virtue, knowledge, and happine...
Social and political are very different, unless you are overly concerned with accumulating power within your social relationships.
skinfaxi
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I would submit that all social relationships have power dynamics. Politics is about allocation of resources more than power accumulation. You may be conflating the two because more power allows you to allocate resources with less intereference.
graboy
13 days ago
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It's more social, the translation of political is coming from polis; man is by nature meant to be part of a city or community.
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foolswisdom
13 days ago
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In the original its meaning is being part of a greater unit.
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al_be_back
13 days ago
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of course they are. his original quote says 'political' but often translations or quotes may say 'social' (informally).
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