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A "polites" in Ancient Greece was a citizen of a city or state, and "politikos" meant

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One cannot be a citizen — polites — except in a community of some against others, and the conflict itself gives rise to the tension, the tenor of the life of the polis, the shape of the space of freedom that citizens both offer and deny each other — offering themselves in seeking support and overcoming resistance.

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One cannot be a citizen — polites — except in a community of some against others, and the conflict itself gives rise to the tension, the tenor of the life of the polis, the shape of the space of freedom that citizens both offer and deny each other — offering themselves in seeking support and overcoming resistance.

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[Footnote: A politician is a person versed in the science of government, from the Greek words _polis_, a city, _polites_, a citizen.

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