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INTRODUCTION
I THE HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF THE POLITICS xi
1 The period down to
347 xii
2 The period from 347 to
335 xiv
3 The period after 335
xix
II THE SCIENTIFIC
BACKGROUND OF THE POLITICS xxvii
1 The personality of
Aristotle and the characteristics of his approach to politics xxvii
2 The Aristotelian
School in the Lyceum xxxi
3 The Aristotelian
writings and their different styles xxxv
4 The composition and
structure of the Politics xxxvii
a The different
sections or methods xxxvii
b The problem of the
order of the books xxxix
c The problem of the
chronology of different sections of the Politics xli
III THE SUBSTANCE AND
ARGUMENT OF THE POLITICS xlvii
1 The idea of the
Polis xlvii
2 The natural
character of the Polis xlviii
3 The dominance of the
Polis 1
4 The ideal Polis and
the criticism of actual states lii
5 Aristotle's
conception of law liv
6 Aristotle's theory
of economy and education lv
7 The later history of
Aristotle's political theory lix
IV THE VOCABULARY OF
THE POLITICS lxiii
1 The vocabulary of
the conception of state lxiv
2 The vocabulary of
the conception of government lxvii
3 The vocabulary of
the conceptions of law and justice lxix
4 Philosophical terms
lxxii
5 Social and moral
terms lxxiii
TRANSLATION OF ARISTOTLE'S POLITICS
BOOK I THE THEORY OF
THE HOUSEHOLD 1
A The political
association and its relation to other associations 1
B The association of
the household and its different factors 8
1 The constituent
elements of the household 8
2 Slavery 9
3 Property and the art
of acquisition 18
4 Marriage parenthood
and the general management of the household 32
BOOK II REVIEW OF
IDEAL STATES 39
A Ideal states in
theory 39
1 Plato's Republic 39
2 Plato's Laws 56
3 Phaleas of Chalcedon
62
4 Hippodamus of
Miletus 68
B Actual states which
approach the ideal 73
1 The Spartan
constitution 73
2 The Cretan type of
constitution 80
3 The Carthaginian
constitution 83
4 Postscript on other
legislators 87
BOOK III THE THEORY OF
CITIZENSHIP AND CONSTITUTIONS 92
A Citizenship 92
B Constitutions and
their classification 110
C The principles of
oligarchy and democracy and the nature of distributive justice 116
D Kingship and its
forms 137
BOOK IV ACTUAL
CONSTITUTIONS AND THEIR VARIETIES 154
A Introductory 154
B The varieties of the
main types of constitution especially democracy oligarchy and polity 160
C The type of
constitution which is most generally practicable 179
D What sort of
constitution is desirable for what sort of civic body 184
E The methods of
establishing constitutions in relation to the three powers deliberative
executive and judicial 188
BOOK V CAUSES OF
REVOLUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 203
A The general causes
of revolution and change in all types of constitution 203
B The particular
causes of revolution and change in different types of constitution 214
1 Democracies 214
2 Oligarchies 217
3 Aristocracies 221
4 The methods of
ensuring constitutional stability in the three previous types of constitution
224
5 Monarchies including
both kingships and tyrannies 235
BOOK VI METHODS OF
CONSTRUCTING DEMOCRACIES AND OLIGARCHIES WITH A VIEW TO STABILITY 255
A The construction of
democracies 255
B The construction of
oligarchies 270
BOOK VII POLITICAL
IDEALS AND EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES 279
A Political ideals the
nature of the highest good and of the best and happiest life 279
B The population the
territory the natural endowment of the inhabitants the social structure and the
physical planning of the central city in an ideal state 289
1 The population 289
2 The territory 293
3 The natural
endowment 295
4 The social structure
297
5 The planning of the
central city 306
C The general
principles of education 311
1 The end and the
means 311
2 Education and
citizenship education for leisure and education of character 314
D The early stages of
education 324
1 The regulation of
marriage for the purpose of ensuring a good offspring 324
2 The nursery and the
infant school 328
BOOK VIII THE TRAINING
OF YOUTH 332
A The general scheme of
training 332
B Physical training or
gymnastic 338
C The aims and methods
of education in music 339
APPENDIXES
I THE CONCEPTION OF
POLITICS IN THE ETHICS AND THE RHETORIC 354
II THE CONCEPTION OF
JUSTICE LAW AND EQUITY IN THE ETHICS AND THE RHETORIC 362
III THE CLASSIFICATION
OF CONSTITUTIONS IN THE ETHICS AND THE RHETORIC 373
IV ARISTOTLE ON THE
CONSTITUTION OF ATHENS 377
V THE POLITICAL
MISCELLANIES OF ARISTOTLE 385
INDEX 391
