![]() ![]() Commonly speaking, however, a citizen is usually considered to be anyone whose parents are citizens. Citizenship is therefore essentially democratic, but the notion of citizenship in practice must differ according to the nature of the regime. Holding property in common will not reduce factional conflict, but may actually increase because of a sense of injustice.Ī citizen in the strict sense is one who shares in making decisions and holding office. Holding women, children and property in common as Plato suggests in the Republic is not beneficial to the city. Mastery is rule over slaves, but political rule is rule over free and equal persons. There are also slaves according to the law, who may or may not be natural slaves. ![]() It is mutually beneficial that such people be ruled. Natural slaves are those who perceive reason but do not have it. Man is by nature a political animal, because he has the ability to communicate and to dialogue and about justice and the good. The city is a political partnership that comes into being for purposes of self-sufficiency but exists primarily for the sake of living well. ![]()
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