Aristotle and the Problem of Needs

History of Political Thought 5 (3):393-424 (1984)
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Abstract

"Justice according to Need" is an old socialist slogan and Marxism embraced an ancient theory of true and false needs. But Aristotle also formulated "justice according to need", although in different terms, where "need" is often translated as "demand".

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Patricia Springborg
Humboldt-University, Berlin

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