Studies in the Politics of Aristotle and the Republic of Plato, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Studies in the Politics of Aristotle and the Republic of Plato, Vol. 1 The Politics of Aristotle is accessible to English readers through several excellent translations from the Greek into English. The most important of these translations are: The Politics of Aristotle, translated into English with an analysis and critical notes, by J. E. C. Welldon, M. A., London, Macmillan, 1897; and The Politics of Aristotle, translated into English, with introduction, marginal analysis, essays, notes and indices, by B. Jowett, M. A., 2 vols., Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1885. Besides these there is a most admirable edition of three of the most important books of the Politics - I, III, IV (VII), the text of Bekker, with an English translation by W. E. Bolland, together with short introductory essays by Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green & Co., 1877. As commonly received at present the text of The Politics is divided into certain general divisions called books and subdivisions called chapters. These books and chapters would by a contemporary writer be more likely designated as chapters and sections respectively. While no rigorous method, such as we would expect in a modern scientific writer, characterizes Aristotle's treatise on Politics, each chapter or book has essentially one main thought which may serve as the title of such book or chapter. I have summarized these as follows: I. On the Nature of the State and the Elements of Political Economy. II. An Examination of Constitutions (Polities) Literary and Historical; or Projected and Existing. III. Constitutional Theory - What is the best constitution (polity)? IV. The Forms of Government. V. Political Revolutions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.