«Come il vasaio con il vasaio». Philia nei rapporti interstatali secondo Aristotele

This study investigates the role that Aristotle ascribes to solidarity amongst homoioi as a crucial factor when a polis tries to impose new constitutional arrangements to other cities: this is a subject widely discussed already in the Fifth Century. Aristotle, in particular, suggests to regulate the relationships among states according to the same principles that regulate the relationships within the polis, i. e. the dikaia and the philia.