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Political AnimalsThe Architecture of Xavier De Geyter Architects Philip Ursprung DOWNLOAD THE FULL ESSAY IN PDF In his treatise Politics (Greek politiká, 350 B.C.), Aristotle states: "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 a bad man or above humanity; he is like the 'tribeless, lawless, heartless one', whom Homer denounces &mdash the natural outcast is forthwith a lover of war; he may be compared to an isolated piece at draughts".'Man...