Politics,9780872203891

Politics

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ISBN13: 9780872203891
ISBN10: 0872203891
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-03-01
Publisher(s): Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Summary

This volume contains a clear and accurate translation of the last two books of Aristotle's Politics, together with a philosophical commentary. It is designed for both professionals and students, including those who do not know Greek. As a key document in Western political thought Politicsraises and discusses many theoretical and practical political issues which are still debated today. In Books VII and VIII Aristotle gives his fullest picture of the ideal civic community as a model for actual political systems.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii(2)
Note to the Reader xv(2)
Introduction xvii(63)
1 Aristotle the Man xvii(1)
2 The Methods and Aims of Philosophy xviii(7)
3 Perfectionism xxv(2)
4 Human Nature xxvii(8)
5 Practical Agents xxxv(8)
6 Theorizers xliii(5)
7 Political Animals xlviii(11)
8 Rulers and Subjects lix(6)
9 Constitutions lxv(7)
10 The Ideal Constitution lxxii(6)
11 Conclusion lxxviii(2)
Map
lxxx
POLITICS
BOOK I 1(25)
Chapter 1 The City-State and Its Rule
1(1)
Chapter 2 The Emergence and Naturalness of the City-State
2(3)
Chapter 3 Parts of the City-State: Household; Master, and Slave
5(1)
Chapter 4 The Nature of Slaves
6(1)
Chapter 5 Natural Slaves
7(2)
Chapter 6 Are There Natural Slaves?
9(3)
Chapter 7 Mastership and Slave-Craft
12(1)
Chapter 8 Property Acquisition and Household Management
12(3)
Chapter 9 Wealth Acquisition and the Nature of Wealth
15(3)
Chapter 10 Wealth Acquisition and Household Management; Usury
18(1)
Chapter 11 Practical Aspects of Wealth Acquisition Monopolies
19(2)
Chapter 12 The Branches of Household Management Continued: Wife and Children
21(1)
Chapter 13 The Different Virtues of Men, Women, Children, and Slaves
22(4)
BOOK II 26(39)
Chapter 1 Ideal Constitutions Proposed by Others
26(1)
Chapter 2 Plato's Republic: Unity of the City-State
26(2)
Chapter 3 Plato's Republic: Communal Possession of Women and Children (1)
28(2)
Chapter 4 Plato's Republic: Communal Possession of Women and Children (2)
30(2)
Chapter 5 Plato's Republic: Communal Ownership of Property
32(4)
Chapter 6 Plato's Laws
36(5)
Chapter 7 The Constitution of Phaleas of Chalcedon
41(4)
Chapter 8 The Constitution of Hippodamus of Miletus
45(4)
Chapter 9 The Spartan Constitution
49(6)
Chapter 10 The Cretan Constitution
55(3)
Chapter 11 The Carthaginian Constitution
58(3)
Chapter 12 The Constitutions Proposed by Solon and Other Legislators
61(4)
BOOK III 65(36)
Chapter 1 City-States and Citizens
65(2)
What Is a City-State?
What Is a Citizen?
Unconditional Citizens
Chapter 2 Pragmatic Definitions of Citizens
67(1)
Chapter 3 The Identity of a City-State
68(2)
Chapter 4 Virtues of Men and of Citizens
70(3)
Virtues of Rulers and Subjects
Chapter 5 Should Craftsmen Be Citizens?
73(2)
Chapter 6 Correct and Deviant Constitutions
75(2)
Chapter 7 The Classification of Constitutions
77(1)
Chapter 8 Difficulties in Defining Oligarchy and Democracy
78(1)
Chapter 9 Justice and the Goal of a City-State
79(3)
Democratic and Oligarchic Justice
Chapter 10 Who Should Have Authority in a City-State?
82(1)
Chapter 11 The Authority of the Multitude
82(3)
Chapter 12 Justice, Equality, and Authority
85(2)
Chapter 13 The Just Basis for Authority
87(4)
Chapter 14 Types of Kingship
91(2)
Chapter 15 Kingship and the Law
93(3)
Chapter 16 Absolute Kingship
96(2)
Chapter 17 The Constitutions Appropriate for Different Peoples
98(2)
Chapter 18 The Ideal Constitution
100(1)
BOOK IV 101(33)
Chapter 1 The Tasks of Statesmanship
101(2)
Chapter 2 Ranking Deviant Constitutions
103(1)
The Tasks of Book IV
Chapter 3 Constitutions Differ Because Their Parts Differ
104(2)
Chapter 4 Precise Accounts of Democracy and Oligarchy
106(5)
Why Constitutions Differ
Democracy and Its Parts
Plato on the Parts of a City-State
Kinds of Democracy
Chapter 5 Kinds of Oligarchy
111(1)
Chapter 6 Kinds of Democracy and Oligarchy
112(2)
Chapter 7 Kinds of Aristocracy
114(1)
Chapter 8 Polities
114(2)
Chapter 9 Kinds of Polities
116(2)
Chapter 10 Kinds of Tyranny
118(1)
Chapter 11 The Middle Class (1)
118(3)
Chapter 12 The Middle Class (2)
121(2)
Chapter 13 Devices Used in Constitutions
123(1)
Chapter 14 The Deliberative Part of a Political System
124(3)
Chapter 15 Offices
127(5)
Chapter 16 Judiciary
132(2)
BOOK V 134(41)
Chapter 1 Changing and Preserving Constitutions
134(2)
The General Causes of Faction
The Changes Due to Faction
Chapter 2 Three Principal Sources of Political Change
136(1)
Chapter 3 Particular Sources of Political Change (1)
137(4)
Chapter 4 Particular Sources of Political Change (2)
141(3)
Chapter 5 Political Change In Democracies
144(2)
Chapter 6 Political Change In Oligarchies
146(3)
Chapter 7 Political Change In Aristocracies and Polities
149(3)
Chapter 8 How to Preserve Constitutions (1)
152(4)
Chapter 9 How to Preserve Constitutions (2)
156(3)
Chapter 10 Changing and Preserving Monarchies
159(7)
Chapter 11 Preserving Kingships and Tyrannies
166(5)
Chapter 12 Long-Lasting Tyrannies
171(4)
Plato on Political Change
BOOK VI 175(16)
Chapter 1 Mixed Constitutions
175(1)
Kinds of Democracies
Chapter 2 Principles and Features of Democracies
176(2)
Chapter 3 Democratic Equality
178(1)
Chapter 4 Ranking Democracies
179(3)
Chapter 5 Preserving Democracies
182(2)
Chapter 6 Preserving Oligarchies (1)
184(1)
Chapter 7 Preserving Oligarchies (2)
185(2)
Chapter 8 Kinds of Political Offices
187(4)
BOOK VII 191(36)
Chapter 1 The Most Choiceworthy Life
191(2)
Chapter 2 The Political Life and the Philosophical Life Compared
193(3)
Chapter 3 The Political and Philosophical Lives Continued
196(1)
Chapter 4 The Size of the Ideal City-State
197(3)
Chapter 5 The Territory of the Ideal City-State
200(1)
Chapter 6 Access to the Sea and Naval Power
200(2)
Chapter 7 Influences of Climate
202(1)
Chapter 8 Necessary Parts of a City-State
203(2)
Chapter 9 Offices and Who Should Hold Them
205(1)
Chapter 10 The Division of the Territory
206(3)
Chapter 11 The Location of the City-State and Its Fortifications
209(2)
Chapter 12 The Location of Markets, Temples, and Messes
211(1)
Chapter 13 Happiness as the Goal of the Ideal City-State
212(2)
The Importance of Virtue
Chapter 14 Rulers and Ruled
214(4)
The Goals of Education
Chapter 15 Education and Leisure
218(2)
Chapter 16 Regulation of Marriage and Procreation
220(3)
Chapter 17 The Education of Children
223(4)
BOOK VIII 227(16)
Chapter 1 Education Should Be Communal
227(1)
Chapter 2 The Aims of Education
227(1)
Chapter 3 Education and Leisure Music (1)
228(3)
Music (1)
Chapter 4 Gymnastic Training
231(1)
Chapter 5 Music (2)
232(4)
Chapter 6 Music (3): Its Place in the Civilized Life
236(3)
Chapter 7 Music (4): Harmonies and Rhythms
239(4)
Glossary 243(20)
Bibliography 263(12)
Literary References 275(1)
Index of Names 276(5)
General Index 281

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