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politics 1. the practice or study of the art and science of forming, directing, and administrating states and other political units; the art and science of government; political science 2. the complex or aggregate of relationships of people in society, esp those relationships involving authority or power 3. political activities or affairs 4. the business or profession of politics 5. opinions, principles, sympathies, etc., with respect to politics 6. a. the policy-formulating aspects of government as distinguished from the administrative, or legal b. the civil functions of government as distinguished from the military Politics Eatanswill town where party politics arouses fierce oppositions and loyalties. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Pickwick Papers] handbook of advice on acquiring and using political power. [Ital. Lit.: Machiavelli The Prince] old-time machine politician loses mayoralty and dies on election night. [Am. Lit.: Edwin O’Connor The Last Hurrah in Hart, 457] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Politics of Aristotle is the second part of a treatise of which the Ethics is the first part. Nor in any other of his writings is the attempt made to interweave life and speculation, or to connect politics with philosophy. To be sure I often broke this rule, as people are apt to do with rules of the kind; it was not possible for a boy to wade through heavy articles relating to English politics and economics, but I do not think I left any paper upon a literary topic unread, and I did read enough politics, especially in Blackwood's, to be of Tory opinions; they were very fit opinions for a boy, and they did not exact of me any change in regard to the slavery question. |
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