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CIVILA
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The concept of a city
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| The word city comes from the Latin word civitas mead from two Latin words civis "citizen" + -tat- "condition" to mean literally "conditions of a citizen." | ||
| The word "citizen" itself as we have just discussed comes from the concept of a "free person of the State, the State being the city", a fundamental basis of the Greek version of democracy. | ||
| Therefore, in its base sense, the word city is circular in its argument, as self-defining - ie "a city means the conditions of the citizens of a city means..." Initially this summary of the original meaning of the word city may not appear important or even necessarily make sense for the moment. However, the word "city" will prove to be of significant purpose later in this chapter. | ||
| The usage of the word "city" to describe certain models of organised human life | ||
| Rather than applying to all habitats and models of organised human life, the name city appears only to be bestowed to certain models of organised human life, that adheres to certain rules and structures. | ||
| We say a city is a city not because of any one thing, but because of a multitude of things, such as o number of people in a given area o legal status as a city o tall buildings, large buildings, central buildings and so on. But most commonly if asked in a day to day lives why we call a city a city, our answer most likely would be "because its always been a city..." | ||
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