Inherent Basis of Politics

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This essay provides an Aristotelian critique of the following statement by political scientist, Robert Dahl: "Because human beings are social they develop political systems. Evidently they cannot dwell together without entering into relationships of influence. Whenever these relationships become stable and repetitive, political systems exist." In this paper, the writer considers politics as a coherent object of study, with regard to Robert Dahl's statement.

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"Because human beings are social they develop political systems. Evidently they cannot dwell together without entering into relationships of influence. Whenever these relationships become stable and repetitive, political systems exist. Dahl makes two important statements here. The first is that humans are inherently social. They thus enter inherently into social relationships, relationships of influence that may be properly characterized as political. The second statement implied rather than explicit is that ... "

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