Nature of Political Science There are different views on the nature of politics. Aristotle, Bodin, Hobbes, Bluntschli, Montesquieu, Lewis, Sidgwick, etc. hold that politics is a science. But the thinkers like J.S. Mill, Maitland, Catlin, Barker, Buckle, August Comte, etc. maintain that it is only an art. Meaning of Science and Art Science generally means a systematic way of gathering and organizing knowledge. Science is knowledge ascertained by observation and experiment, critically tested, systematized and brought under general principles. Art means skill or way of doing a particular thing in a particular way. It can be improved by practice, guided by principles. Politics is a science Politics is considered as science on the following grounds- 1. Politics can be studied in a systematic manner. 2.It is said that experimentation is possible in politics. 3. Political science, like the other sciences, has absolute and universal laws. 4.It is possible to make predictions in polit...