Neo-Aristotelian political theory in the strict sense connotes all tendencies of early modern political thought that aimed “methodically and systematically to revive and develop” Aristotle’s Politics (c. 350 BCE) “in reflective orientation with [its author’s] methodical theory and categories” [3. 639 f.]. In a wider sense, the term is used to refer to early modern political theory as a whole, where this shared the basic categories of the Aristotelian view, that is, where it saw politics with ethics and po…