Aristotle on Politics and Emotions

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Nuno Manuel Morgadinho dos Santos Coelho
Kelly de Souza Barbosa

Abstract

The passages where the emotion comes to the fore in policy reveals the importance of pathos in the Aristotelian political thought. Passions are central to understanding the challenge of institution, conservation and development of polis, permanently at risk of dissolution. To politics, as practical knowledge, does not matter only knowing the good, but making it real. Whereas the good thing is that which saves, the first concern of political philosophy is to know what contributes to safeguard the polis, and what threatens and destroys it. This papers aims at the role of emotions in this processes.

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COELHO, Nuno Manuel Morgadinho dos Santos; BARBOSA, Kelly de Souza. Aristotle on Politics and Emotions. Revista de Teorias da Democracia e Direitos Políticos, Florianopolis, Brasil, v. 2, n. 1, p. 157–178, 2016. DOI: 10.26668/IndexLawJournals/2525-9660/2016.v2i1.1110. Disponível em: https://indexlaw.org/index.php/revistateoriasdemocracia/article/view/1110. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.
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Nuno Manuel Morgadinho dos Santos Coelho, Faculdade de Direito de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Doutorado em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (FD-UFMG)

Kelly de Souza Barbosa, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP)

Mestranda em Direitos Coletivos e Cidadania pela Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP)

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