![]() Before discussing who is a citizen, Aristotle clarifies what citizenship is not. ![]() For Aristotle, citizens was man who enjoys the right of sharing in deliberative of judicial office. ![]() Hence the question was who could participate and who could not. Aristotle held the view that man is a political animal and he could reach the full potential of his life and personality only by participation in the affairs of the polis. The population of Greek city-states was divided into citizens, slaves, women, foreign resident and Plebeians. The concept of citizenship was invented by the Greeks and has been defined, redefined and reinvented during the last 2500 years by Romans and the modern nation-state. It is a relationship between the individual and the state by which the former owes allegiance and the later gives protection. The social and political ties, which hold an individual in community with his fellows, is the essence of citizenship. It defines those who are and who are not member of a common society. ![]() Aristotle developed the idea of citizenship and restored the problem of citizenship to the center of political discussion: Citizenship has been a persistent social human need. ![]()
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