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Is Aristotle begging the question?

So I (just) started reading Aristotles politika, and really haven't got far.

For me, it seems like he makes the following claims on why humans group in a state or polis:

  


Humans nature is being in a community, or a polis.

Polis forms because humans communicate about values, morals etc.

  


Therefore, human society or community is a neutral state.

  


  


  


  


My problem is, doesn't that make the argument "humans nature is to form a society, and that society is natural because it is humans nature to form it"?
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You could also start with Nicomachean Ethics as well since Eudaemonia (flourishing) is the key for Aristotle, and that can only happen within a state or polis. Understanding Aristotle’s philosophical outlook gives a good contextual framework when trying to understand his political philosophy.