The Darwinian Emergence of Aristotle's Political Animals and de Waal's Moral Animals:

A Reply to Cheryl Abbate, by Larry Arnhart, at Darwinian Conservatism.

"Aristotle's statement that 'man is by nature a political animal' is famous. But it is often falsely assumed to mean that human beings are by nature the only political animals."

See Darwin, Autobiography, in Gateway to the Great Books (10 Vol., 1963) volume 8, The Origin of Species and The Descent of Man, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 49, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 49.

See Aristotle, Works, in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volumes 8-9, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volumes 7-8.