The basic view point of theoretical philosophy in Aristoteles is synthetic. His ontology is the synthesis of the idealism and the materialism. His epistemology is the synthesis of the rationalism and the empiricism. The synthetic spirit in theoretical...
The basic view point of theoretical philosophy in Aristoteles is synthetic. His ontology is the synthesis of the idealism and the materialism. His epistemology is the synthesis of the rationalism and the empiricism. The synthetic spirit in theoretical philosophy is the expression of the view point of the mean in practical philosophy. Infact, the theoretical philosophy is only the preparation for the practical philosophy. The pure theoretical philosophy without practical concern do not exist and it can not exist. The ultimate philosophical concern in Aristoteles is the practical problem. His basic problem is the Ethics. He pursued how man can be moral. To this problem, he answered that man can be moral and happy when he thinks and acts moderately. Aristoteles thinks that the best good for man is the realization of his inherent ability. Man's inherent ability is the function of speculation. The mean is the speculative form when the speculative function is congruous to it's essence. In order think and act moderlately, man must have good habit and man must have external authority to have good habit, because everyman is not apt to do good when external authority is lacking.The existence of the state is essential for the peoples good habit. Therefore the state itself must be moral. The basic principle of it's moral is the justice.
The basic problem of political philosophy in Aristoteles is the concept of justice.
He understand the justice as the mean and he thought that there are geometrical mean and arithmetic mean. Each of these has one sided and limited meaning.
Therefore the mean as justice in Aristoteles is the concrete unification of these.
In political expression, It is the concrete unification of monarchy, oligarchy and democracy.