Humans are by nature social or societal beings (in Greek, 'phusai')—this is not a random fact but follows from their essential nature and telos; humans do not function properly in isolation and are only fully human within society, so a solitary individual would be not fully human.

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By Nature humans are social beings it's of our very essence to be social beings we're not functioning a right except as societal beings we don't function a right in isolation [23:33]

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A History of Philosophy | 14 Aristotle's Ethicswheatoncollege
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