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THE TEACHER AND THE

SCHOOL CURRICULUM
 POLITICAL ANIMAL STATE UNIVERSITY

-INSPIRED BY THE FAMOUS QUOTATION OF ARISTOTLE “ MAN IS

BY NATURE A POLITICAL ANIMAL
 Aristotle insists that man is either a political animal (the
natural state) or an outcast like a “bird which flies alone”
(4thC BC)

 In his Politics, Aristotle believed man was a "political animal"

because he is a social creature with the power of speech and
moral reasoning:
 “HENCE IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE STATE IS A CREATION OF NATURE, AND THAT MAN IS BY
NATURE A POLITICAL ANIMAL. AND HE WHO BY NATURE AND NOT BY MERE ACCIDENT IS WITHOUT A
STATE, IS EITHER ABOVE HUMANITY, OR BELOW IT; HE IS THE ‘TRIBELESS, LAWLESS, HEARTLESS ONE,’
WHOM HOMERA DENOUNCES—THE OUTCAST WHO IS A LOVER OF WAR; HE MAY BE COMPARED TO
A BIRD WHICH FLIES ALONE.”
LEGEND:

ORANGE: CREATIVITY, COURAGE

BLUE: WISDOM, SUCCESS
GREEN: LIFE, WEALTH
GRAY: SECURITY, INNOVATION
RED: STRENGTH, ACTION
BROWN: GENUINE AND RELIABLE
CATALYST STEWARDSHIP
EXCELLENCE MORALITY