Aristotle on the State

“The state is a community of well-being in families and aggregations of families for the sake of a perfect and self-sufficing life.”
– Aristotle, The Politics.

I’ve started a re-read of the politics by Aristotle, with a great intro. The purpose of the city (and the state) was so different than todays socities. Good life was a virtue, something no person could teach, but were learned through living in a good community with good constitution and government. More on Politics later.