"The man who is isolated, who is unable to share in the benefits of political association, or has no..."

“The man who is isolated, who is unable to share in the benefits of political association, or has no need to share because he is already self-sufficient, is no part of the polis, and must therefore be either a beast or a god.”



- Aristotle, 4th century BC (via avisphlox)

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