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Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, was wrong. Politics cannot be the highest possible ideal man can pursue. Granted, intelligent men have left their stellar careers in law and medicine and switched to politics. But they inevitably end reasoning like pigs if Kenyan one are any yardsticks.

Aristotle claimed that a man reaches a state of happiness, prosperity and good health or ‘eudaimonia’, when he pursues politics. In his mentally bruising effort, The Politics, Aristotle also said if you are not interested in politics, you are either a god or a beast.

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