He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for… — Aristotle
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must either be a beast or a god.
In the original Greek
εἰ γὰρ μὴ αὐτάρκης ἕκαστος χωρισθείς, ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις μέρεσιν ἕξει πρὸς τὸ ὅλον, ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι᾽ αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός.
Politics · 350 BC
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Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1.
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Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 1.
