Incomplete-Rural Society and Complete-City Society in Ancient Greek and Islamic Political Thought

Abstract

The subject of this article is the distinction between incomplete-rural society and complete-city society in Aristotle and Islamic political thought. Incomplete society and complete society belong to Aristotle and the Islamic political philosophy. The distinction between rural society and city society is based on Ibn Khaldun. The problem of the article is to analyze the views of Aristotle, Islamic political philosophy and Ibn Khaldun regarding the goals and means of the incomplete-rural society and the complete-city society. There is a similarity between the views of Aristotle, Islamic political philosophy and Ibn Khaldun regarding the goal and means of the incomplete-rural society. The complete society in Aristotle and Islamic political philosophy express two different designs, although they have some similarities in terms of goal and means. Ibn Khaldun has an approach that is different from both Aristotle's and Islamic political philosophy's theory regarding the goal and means of city society.