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erandbothofthemcontributetothehouseholdaccordingtotheirpossibilities.
Ifhusbandwantstoruleoverthewholehousehold,hedestroystherelationship
andthuschangesaristocracytooligarchy.However,itisalsooligarchywhenthe
householdisruledbyawoman(itisrare,butitusuallyhappenswhenwoman
bringsgreatfortunetothemarriage).Herruleisoligarchy,becauseitisbased
onpowerandwealth.Themutualrelationshipofbrothersdemonstratesfeatures
oftimocracyasintimocracytheycountasequals.Ahouseholdwithoutmaster
whereallmembersareequalisdemocracy.21AccordingtoAristotle,monarchy,
aristocracyorpoliteiaaresuitablerules.Hestatesthat“fatheristheauthorof
beingwhichisesteemedthegreatestbenefitandofmaintenanceandeducation;
andbythelawofnaturethefatherhastherightofruleoverhissons,ancestors
overtheirdescendants,andthekingoverhissubjects.”22Thefamilyconsistsofa
fatherlheadandmasterofthefamily,wife,andslaves.23“Fewestpossibleparts
ofafamilyaremasterandslave,husbandandwife,fatherandchildren.”24Ac-
cordingtoAristotle,familyisaneconomiccellofthestate,becausethebasisof
thestateisorganizedandmaintainedaroundthefamily.Infamily,thereistoo
strongunityofelementslthesearerelationsbetweenhusbandandwife,parent
andchild,masterandslave.Duetotheserelationsandtheirunity,familycan-
notbecommunity.AccordingtoAristotle,thestateistheonlytruecommunity.
Onlyamasterlafatherwhohasdominantpositioninthefamilystandsout
fromfamilyandentersthestate.Evenifawifeisabletothinkincontrastto
aslave,shecannotmakedecisions.25“Ahusbandandfatherrulesoverwifeand
children.Themaleisbynaturefitterforcommandthanthefemale.”26Wife,as
wellasothermembersofthefamily,doesnotenterpolitics.Familyfulfillspri-
marilyabiologicalfunction.Economicfunctionoffamilyiswealththatisneces-
saryforfreetimeanditisafundamentaldeterminantforthepoliticallife.27
AccordingtoAristotle,itisimportantthatpeopleentermarriageintheir
bestageandatthebesttime(duringthebestseason).Heemphasizesthathus-
bandandwifemustgrowoldtogetheratthesametime,theycannotentermar-
riagewhiletheyaretooyoung,andtheagegapbetweenfatherandchildren
cannotbetoowide.Aristotlesuggeststhatgirlsshouldmarryattheageof18
andmenattheageof37.Weddingshouldtakeplaceinwintermonths.Pregnant
21Aristotle,NicomacheanEthics,trans.IrwinTerence(Indianapolis:HackettPublishing
Company,Inc.,1999),168.
22Aristotle,NicomacheanEthics,169.
23MilanFula,AntropológiaženyanáukaJánaPavlaII(Bratislava:DONBOSCO,2004),
46.
24Aristotle,Politics,5.
25Cf.PetraMurdrikovd,Hľadaniesebasamej.Otázkaidentityženyvsúčasnosti(Bratisla-
va:IRIS,2014),51.
26Aristotle,Politics,19.
27Dudinskd,“Rodinaakosocidlno-filozofickdtéma,”207.
