Explaining the Concept and Components of Citizenship in Aristotle and Farabi's Political Philosophy

The organization of the rights and obligations of the individual and the community has been the domains of the political philosophers. One of the most systematic philosophical discussions of citizenship in the classical political philosophy is Aristotle. Aristotle puts the element of moderation in the center of citizenship. He formulates the rights and obligations of the individual and society on the basis of the principle of moderation. The link between perfection and virtue with the component of moderation is a fundamental feature of citizenship in Aristotlechr('39')s philosophical system. Farabi, as the founder of Islamic political philosophy, deals with three fundamental elements of citizenship, namely, truth, virtue and prosperity. He places the truth in the center of his system of citizenship and establishes a genuine connection between Sharia and philosophy. Farabichr('39')s truthful citizenship is restored on the basis of close interaction between Religion _Sharia_ and philosophy. The pure knowledge derived from this interaction is considered to be the fundamental component of the centrality of citizenship discourse in Farabichr('39')s philosophy. The rights and obligations of the individual and society are organized within a truth-based order, which seeks to bring happiness to the citizen by virtue of virtue. Values such as freedom, equality, justice, ownership, rule of law, and other components of citizenship are taken into account with regard to the requirements of the close interaction of truth, virtue and prosperity. Using the description, comparison and evaluation based on rational analysis, the subject matter is examined.