Question

Why Aristotle believed that the State was an individual writ large?

• A. Because the individual can think of perfection individually.
• B. Because the individual can think of perfection only in a State.
• C. Both A and B
• D. Neither A nor B

Answer 1

The correct option is B Because the individual can think of perfection only in a State.

According to Aristotle authority of the State is moral and the State is natural. Since the family could not satisfy the ever increasing needs of the people, they had to come out of their limited circle and thought of creating the State. The families combined together to make the State and made it a perfect association. He believed that the State was an individual writ large because the individual could think of perfection only in a State.