O naturalismo na política de Aristóteles

Abstract

This research aims to contribute to the elucidation of Aristotelian sentences that represent what is now called political naturalism. Aristotelian political naturalism is constituted by Aristotle's assertions that man is a political animal by nature, that polis is natural and that there are people who are slaves by nature. We are concerned to understand how the formation of political communities occurs, because man is a political animal by nature and what impact man's political animality has on the achievement of self-sufficiency and the common good of a polis. To do so, it was necessary to investigate the factors that effectively contribute to the achievement of self-sufficiency and the common good, such as legislators, magistrates, citizens, and what would be the best form of government.