{"product_id":"the-politics-isbn-9780140444216","title":"The Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Man is by nature a political animal\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Politics\u003c\/i\u003e Aristotle addresses the questions that lie at the heart of political science. How should society be ordered to ensure the happiness of the individual? Which forms of government are best and how should they be maintained? By analysing a range of city constitutions – oligarchies, democracies and tyrannies – he seeks to establish the strengths and weaknesses of each system to decide which are the most effective, in theory and in practice. A hugely significant work, which has influenced thinkers as diverse as Aquinas and Machiavelli,\u003ci\u003e The Politics\u003c\/i\u003e remains an outstanding commentary on fundamental political issues and concerns, and provides fascinating insights into the workings and attitudes of the Greek city-state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introductions by T. A. Sinclair and Trevor J. Saunders discuss the influence of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics\u003c\/i\u003e on philosophers, its modern relevance and Aristotle’s political beliefs. This edition contains Greek and English glossaries, and a bibliography for further reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003c\/p\u003eThe Politics\u003cb\u003eTranslator's Introduction by T. A. Sinclair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAristotle's Life and Works\u003cbr\u003eAristotle's \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e in the Past\u003cbr\u003eAristotle's \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e Today\u003cbr\u003eNotes by the Reviser\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviser's Introduction, by T. J. Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Modern Report on the \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeaching and Research in the Lyceum\u003cbr\u003eThe Contents and Structure of the \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAristotle's Philosophical Assumption\u003cbr\u003eWhy Read the \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003eThe Revised Translation\u003cbr\u003ePrinciples of Revision\u003cbr\u003eTranslation of Key Terms\u003cbr\u003eRefractory Terms\u003cbr\u003eItalicized Prefaces to Chapters\u003cbr\u003eNumerical References\u003cbr\u003eFootnotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliographies\u003cbr\u003eTable of Contents and Index of Names\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE POLITICS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to Book I\u003cbr\u003ei. The State as an Association\u003cbr\u003eii. The State Exists by Nature\u003cbr\u003eThe Two \"Pairs\"\u003cbr\u003eFormation of the Household\u003cbr\u003eFormation of the Village\u003cbr\u003eFormation of the State\u003cbr\u003eThe State and the Individual\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Household and Its Slaves\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Slave as a Tool\u003cbr\u003ev. Slavery as Part of a Universal Natural Pattern\u003cbr\u003evi. The Relation between Legal and Natural Slavery\u003cbr\u003evii. The Nature of Rule over Slaves\u003cbr\u003eviii. The Natural Method of Acquiring Goods\u003cbr\u003eix. Natural and Unnatural Methods of Acquiring Goods\u003cbr\u003ex. The Proper Limits of Household-Management; The Unnaturalness of Money-lending\u003cbr\u003exi. Some Practical Considerations, Especially on the Creation of Monopoly\u003cbr\u003exii. Brief Analysis of the Authority of Husband and Father\u003cbr\u003exiii. Morality and Efficiency in the Household\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. Introduction to Ideal States: How Far Should Sharing Go?\u003cbr\u003eii. Extreme Unity in Plato's \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eiii. Extreme Unity is Impracticable\u003cbr\u003eiv. Further Objections to Community of Wives and Children\u003cbr\u003ev. The Ownership of Property\u003cbr\u003evi. Criticisms of Plato's \u003ci\u003eLaws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003evii. The Constitution of Phaleas\u003cbr\u003eviii. The Constitution of Hippodamus\u003cbr\u003eix. Criticism of the Spartan Constitution\u003cbr\u003eThe Helots\u003cbr\u003eSpartan Women\u003cbr\u003eProperty\u003cbr\u003eThe Ephors\u003cbr\u003eThe Board of Elders\u003cbr\u003eThe Kings\u003cbr\u003eSome Common Meals\u003cbr\u003eSome Further Criticisms\u003cbr\u003ex. Criticism of the Cretan Constitution\u003cbr\u003exi. Criticism of the Carthaginian Constitution\u003cbr\u003exii. Solon and Some Other Lawgivers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. How Should We Define \"Citizen\"?\u003cbr\u003eii. A Pragmatic Definition of \"Citizen\"\u003cbr\u003eiii. Continuity of Identity of the State\u003cbr\u003eiv. How Far Should the Good Man and the Good Citizen Be Distinguished?\u003cbr\u003ev. Ought Workers to Be Citizens?\u003cbr\u003evi. Correct and Deviated Constitutions Distinguished\u003cbr\u003evii. Classification of Correct and Deviated Constitutions\u003cbr\u003eviii. An Economic Classification of Constitutions\u003cbr\u003eix. The Just Distribution of Political Power\u003cbr\u003ex. Justice and Sovereignty\u003cbr\u003exi. The Wisdom of Collective Judgments\u003cbr\u003exii. Justice and Equality\u003cbr\u003exiii. The Sole Proper Claim to Political Power\u003cbr\u003exiv. Five Types of Kingship\u003cbr\u003exv. The Relation of Kingship and Law (1)\u003cbr\u003exvi. The Relation of Kingship and Law (2)\u003cbr\u003exvii. The Highest Form of Kingship\u003cbr\u003exviii. The Education of the Ideal King\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook IV\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. The Tasks of Political Theory\u003cbr\u003eii. Consitutions Placed in Order of Merit\u003cbr\u003eiii. Why There are Several Constitutions\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Parts of the State and the Classification of Democracies\u003cbr\u003eDefinitions of Democracy and Oligarchy\u003cbr\u003eThe Parts of the State, and Resulting Variety among Constitutions (1)\u003cbr\u003ePlato on the Parts of the State\u003cbr\u003eThe Parts of the State, and Resulting Variety among Constitutions (2)\u003cbr\u003eVarieties of Democracy\u003cbr\u003ev. The Classification of Oligarchies\u003cbr\u003evi. Four Types of Democracy and Four of Oligarchy\u003cbr\u003evii. Varieties of Aristocracy\u003cbr\u003eviii. Polity Distinguished from Aristocracy\u003cbr\u003eix. Polity as a Mixture of Oligarchy and Democracy\u003cbr\u003ex. Three Forms of Tyranny\u003cbr\u003exi. The Merits of the Middle Constitution\u003cbr\u003exii. Why Democrats and Oligarchs Should Cultivate the Middle Ground\u003cbr\u003exiii. Right and Wrong Strategems to Ensure a Majority for the Constitution\u003cbr\u003exiv. The Deliberative Element in the Constitution\u003cbr\u003exv. The Executive Element in the Constitution\u003cbr\u003exvi. The Judicial Element in the Constitution\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook V\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. Equality, Justice, and Constitutional Change\u003cbr\u003eii. Sources of Constitutional Change (1)\u003cbr\u003eiii. Sources of Constitutional Change (2)\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Immediate Occasions of Constitutional Change\u003cbr\u003ev. Why Democracies Are Overthrown\u003cbr\u003evi. Why Oligarchies Are Overthrown\u003cbr\u003evii. The Causes of Factions in Aristocracies\u003cbr\u003eviii. How Constitutions May Be Preserved (1)\u003cbr\u003eix. How Constitutions May Be Preserved (2)\u003cbr\u003ex. The Origins and Downfall of Monarchy\u003cbr\u003exi. Methods of Preserving Monarchies, with Particular Reference to Tyranny\u003cbr\u003exii. The Impermanence of Tyrannies; Plato on Constitutional Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook VI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. How Do Constitutions Function Best?\u003cbr\u003eii. Principles and Practices of Democracies\u003cbr\u003eiii. Ways of Achieving Equality\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Best Democracy\u003cbr\u003ev. How Democracies May be Preserved\u003cbr\u003evi. The Preservation of Oligarchies (1)\u003cbr\u003evii. The Preservation of Oligarchies (2)\u003cbr\u003eviii. A Comprehensive Review of Officialdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook VII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. The Relation between Virtue and Prosperity\u003cbr\u003eii. The Active Life and the Philosophic Life (1)\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Active Life and the Philosophic Life (2)\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Size of the Ideal State\u003cbr\u003ev. The Territory of the Ideal State\u003cbr\u003evi. The Importance of the Sea\u003cbr\u003evii. The Influence of Climate\u003cbr\u003eviii. Membership and Essential Functions of the State\u003cbr\u003eix. Citizenship and Age-Groups\u003cbr\u003ex. The Food-Supply and the Division of the Territory\u003cbr\u003exi. The Siting and Defence of the City\u003cbr\u003exii. The Siting of Markets, Temples and Communal Refectories\u003cbr\u003exiii. Happiness as the Aim of the Constitution\u003cbr\u003exiv. Education for Citizenship\u003cbr\u003exv. The Proper Education for Cultured Leisure\u003cbr\u003exvi. Sex, Marriage and Eugenics\u003cbr\u003exvii. The Main Periods of Education; Censorship\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook VIII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei. Education as a Public Concern\u003cbr\u003eii. Controversy about the Aims of Education\u003cbr\u003eiii. Leisure Distinguished from Play; Education in Music (1)\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Limits of Physical Training\u003cbr\u003ev. Education in Music (2)\u003cbr\u003evi. Gentlemen versus Players\u003cbr\u003evii. Melodies and Modes in Education\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliographies\u003cbr\u003eGlossaries:\u003cbr\u003eGreek-English\u003cbr\u003eEnglish-Greek\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Names\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAristotle\u003c\/b\u003e was born at Stageira, in the dominion of the kings of Macedonia, in 384 BC. For twenty years he studied at Athens in the Academy of Plato, on whose death in 347 he left, and, some time later, became tutor of the young Alexander the Great. When Alexander succeeded to the throne of Macedonia in 335, Aristotle returned to Athens and established his school and research institute, the Lyceum, to which his great erudition attracted a large number of scholars. After Alexander's death in 323, anti-Macedonian feeling drove Aristotle out of Athens, and he fled to Chalcis in Euboea, where he died in 322. His writings, which were of extraordinary range, profoundly affected the whole course of ancient and medieval philosophy, and they are still eagerly studied and debated by philosophers today. Very many of them have survived and among the most famous are the \u003ci\u003eEthics \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrevor J. 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