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POLI 1001

Quiz 2

1)In this first question, we are considering sections 1 and 2 of Book I. Aristotle discusses actions that are pursued because they allow us to do certain things or produce certain things. In those actions, the thing that we produce is better than the action that produced it. For example, we make bridles, so that we can ride horses. But, there are some actions that are good in and of themselves. Then, that which we produce is self-sufficient, it is the good. This activity is a "master science." What does Aristotle think is the master science, the "most authoritative art" and why?

2. In section 3 of Book I, Aristotle discusses two significant limits associated with the study of politics. What are these limits?

3. In sections 4, 5, 6 & 7 Aristotle "sketches" an argument about the nature of the good that politics seeks. Which of the following are conclusions he comes to about that good? Choose the most complete conclusion.

4. Throughout Book I Aristotle talks a great deal about happiness. Which of the following is his most complete definition of happiness?

5. Aristotle's final argument in Book I is about the soul. If politics seeks happiness, and if happiness is activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, then the student of politics must know something about the soul. Which of the following BEST characterizes Aristotle's theory about the human soul?