While Aristotle makes some valid points in his argument for participating in the polis, Epicurus offers us the total package, which will, in the end, provide the citizens with a more "pleasant" life overall. This pleasantry without the pageantry of politics will aid in the living of a life that is ultimately more satisfying to the individual, and those around him. We will come to realize that we are not "Political animals" as Aristotle puts …
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…life seems alien to Aristotle, who would cast them aside for a true city-state where he openly admits that evil could roam free. Aristotle would rather have us live in a society immersed in wickedness than open his eyes to a better alternative. One that provides it's people a much more productive and satisfying life overall. Epicurus answers the questions that Aristotle failed to and in ultimately doing so; he offers forth a better society.