The Politics of Aristotle

Aristotle (Author); Ernest Barker (Translated With An Introduction Notes & Appendixes by)

ISBN 10: 0195003063 / ISBN 13: 9780195003062

Published by Oxford Univeristy Press, London, Oxford, England, UK & New York, 1958

About this Item

411 + lxxvi pp. A great study or work or reading or research copy! Solidly bound copy with moderate overall wear and use. Creased spine. Previous owner's name inscribed on first front-end page. Occasional pen markings on text. Minimal, light, slight or very mild browning, tanning, foxing or discoloration on page edges, not affecting text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Politics of Aristotle
• Publisher: Oxford Univeristy Press, London, Oxford, England, UK & New York
• Publication Date: 1958
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195003063
• ISBN 13: 9780195003062
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Issued As Oxford Paperback: 1958
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Studies, Contemp & World & Intl Politics
  • Political Science, Political Theory & Studies
  • Philosophy

About this title

Synopsis

Aristotle's Politics is a key document in Western political thought. In these first two books Aristotle shows his complete mastery of political theory and practice, and raises many crucial issues still with us today. In Book I he argues vigorously for a political theory based on 'nature'. By nature, man is a 'political animal', one naturally fitted for life in a polis or state. Some people, however, are natural slaves; and women are by nature subordinate to men. Acquisition and exchange are natural, but not trading for profit. In Book II he launches a sharp attack on Plato's two 'utopias', the Republic and the Laws, and also criticizes three historical states reputed to be well governed: Sparta, Crete, and Carthage. This volume contains a close translation of these two books, together with a philosophical commentary. It is well suited to the requirements of readers who do not know Greek.

From the Back Cover

Aristotle's Politics, along with Plato's Republic, constitutes the fountainhead of social and political theory. Sir Ernest Barker, in his Preface to this edition, describes the kind of translation which he feels is needed by the English-speaking-world.