Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, Alexander the Great's tutor, wrote Politics – one of his most celebrated works. In that work, he discusses what the perfect form of government is and how it can be achieved, what goes into it and who gets to be the rulers and the ruled, but one of the most important aspects of the best state is happiness. In this essay, I will explain Aristotle's definition of the state, the ruler and the ruled. The first three are introductory to our main focus here, which is happiness or moral virtue because without proper definition of the prior, one will not be able to understand how moral virtue plays a part in the state. Let us then start with our discussion.
Aristotle states that every state can be classified as a community and that every community exists for the purposes of reaching good. A political state is also a community, but a community that is higher than other kinds of communities, therefore the political state is trying to reach the highest good.......

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