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Ancient Greece and the Invention of Polis
(All the Thinkers)
plato
philosophy on trial
Aristotle
man is a political animal
--> thus, the state is a different, fundamental institution that rules over all others
--> the state first maintains life and then achieves the "
good life
" - virtue, morality
Machiavelli
believes the only way to be a good prince is to be brutal
Hobbes
revolt against Aristotle
rejects
Aristotle and
theorizes
the
social contract
- states / politics are artificial
Marx
A totally different path to progress -
communism and revolution
Kant
the Englightenment and its critics for Locke
Kant believes Hope and Reason
Locke
Anti-Machiavelli / Anti-Hobbes
we currently live in Locke's world
Nietzsche
progress is mediocre & so are you
20th Century & Modernity
weber
stuck in Modernity; the
iron cage
Arendt
salvaging politics from despair and societal collapse