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Politikus Sciencus

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Politikus Sciencus

Science: sci-ence

-The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.

-Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena.

-Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.

Anyone asked what Politics is would easily say some shallow opinion on what it is, usually based on what they hear politics is like on t.v. not exactly giving an answer on what politics is. This is mainly because people have given the meaning of politics such small level of importance in their lives. To many it's something they'd say "i don't have to know what it is, what i know is that its messed up.". I looked up the dictionary definition of politics and i came up with this:

Politics: pol-i-tiks

-The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.

So it is a science therefore it should be something more than a meaningless random thing that anybody can simply ignore..

What makes it a science is probably that it's a thorough study of something, something which is the Social world. As we know, politics is a social activity.. it's something that majorly involves people and their thoughts and actions. But it goes beyond than just people talking, its also a system or culture everyone needs to have in order to survive in terms of rational order and peace living in a world full of "other" people. It's something so important that so many theories have been put up about it, so many political systems have been put up adjusting each on the values and norms of people in different places on Earth, in short.. politics is something no one can probably live without. It requires a lot

of study and a contionuous seeking for wisdom in how to make politics, so we'd say, perfect.

The study of politics, its processes, principles, and structure of government and of political institutions, involves both science, involving methodology and analysis, and hermeneutics which means interpretting. Social science is something that constantly changes, this is because people are pretty much unpredictable and studying it requires a lot

of adjusting and observing. But to understand

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