Aristotle - Politics | Political Philosophy

In his book Politics, Aristotle outlined the role of the political community in cultivating the virtuous life of its citizens. This video provides a brief overview of Nicomachean Ethics and Politics.

[ss-kwkk]

I can’t tell if he’s looking up or ahead

[nabnajnadjustsomethoughts]

Thank you, philosophical Nick Foles. This was just what i needed for my poly sci paper.

[bradwalton]

This is the cutest little political philosopher I have ever seen. He seems like a good teacher.

[mardasman]

I'm giving private lessons in political science, but this time I have to help someone in political philosophy, which is probably one of the hardest aspects of political science. So you can help me a great deal to help others pass an exam that is just batshit crazy hard, especially here in Germany where professors don't get paid more if they do good lectures. They use what they publish as a peer, which has extraordinarily complicated phrases, doesn't explain much well, summarizes nothing, and honestly just assume that everyone can invest more than 200 hours into one seminar that is just one of 6 in one semester.

When I had political philosophy in the first year, I failed the first time and then only barely passed. In our case, we didn't even have a matching lecture or any secondary curriculum. We got a lecture that had nothing to do with our exam and then we had some texts that were hard to understand and devoid of any context. It was the hardest exam I ever had during my entire studies (and I'm a graduate student now).
Without this bad exam I would have very good marks. They destroyed my record with that.
I'm not going to permit this from happening to my student who is a foreign student at that.

So thanks for doing this series. It's simple, summarizes points well and doesn't use unneccessarily complicated double or triple sentences.

[jwhend]

Thank you for your excellent summary of Aristotle's views on political thought. It provides a good followup for my reread of his Politics.

[danieljohnson]

Thanks for making these videos. They are very informative and accessible.

[aqilahanuar]

This really helped me a lot. Thank you so much!

[dportillo]

I have a Poly Philosophy exam tomorrow and had to learn with english videos. I'm spanish, its better than any other materials out there

[jameseldridge]

10:50 I was waiting for it haha. If you actually read the entire book, he counter-argues this with validity.

[SunniaJKhan]

Such precise and holiatic presentation.. wonderful.

[happeebunny]

we have a graded recitation this afternoon about this topic and the republic by plato, i compared it to the readings given by our professor it is almost the same, your explanation is very detailed. thank you so much for this!

[dportillo]

This video got me a 100 in an exam, thank you PolySci Nick Foles

[georgeb]

Ayy James is one of my lecturers at Exeter :)

[i.k]

Anyone else here for their own enjoyment and not for a school assignment?

[cheese]

Me: *has less than a week to read entire Aristotle book*
Me: *watches this instead*

[learning]

I would like to inquire if the "History of Political Thought" playlist is based on the book "A History Of Political Theory " By George Holland Sabine.
Because the chronology of the content of the playlist shows a resemblance to the content of the book
1)The city-state
2)Political thought before Plato
1st Video Athenian Democracy | Political Philosophy
3)Plato, The Republic
4)Plato, The statements and the laws
2nd Video Plato - The Republic | Political Philosophy
5) Aristotle's Political Ideals
6) Aristotle's political Actualities
3rd video Aristotle - Politics | Political Philosophy
And much more.
I am really thankful and if you have a playlist that covers this book then feel free to suggest it to me

[alyssabelarmino]

“The man who is isolated, who is unable to partake in the benefits of political affiliation, or who has no need to share because he is already self-sufficient, is not a part of the polis, and must be either a beast or a god.” Can someone discuss this to me. Thank you.

[SvintMvrcus]

Amazing vid! Please though idk if it’s just my tv but the S’s when you speak are so loud lol maybe throw on a de-Esser for the audio

[hyeonmin]

it is very helpful for me to understand Aristotle. I want to add the context to the video. According to the history of western philosophy, the ideal government by Aristotle is moderate wealth which the holder of power has. The wealth is earned by virtue. Furthermore he admit the slavery system. But he deny imperilism and protest war. This is because criminal is slavery in Greece.

[vkbooqk]

Personally I think there is alot of anecdotal evidence that Aristotle's teachings did heavily impact Alexander, and the man he would become. For e.g, when Alexander began his conquests throughout Asia minor, he let customs remain relatively unchanged, and even appointed local Persian satraps over his own Macedonian men, much to the disgruntlement of his kinsman. He knew that to blend his new conquered lands with his own kingdom, he would need to combine the cultures. This required a great amount of emotional intelligence, and I would say that a lot of that can be attributed to Aristotle's teachings. As well, Alexander is remarked to have said "I owe my father for living, and my teacher, for living well."