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Book Coordinator: Leon Mire
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Artwork
Cover: Aristotle tutoring Alexander, 1895, by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863-1930)
Inset: Engraving of Aristotle by Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841)

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Table of Contents
Book IThe Purpose of the City

How the City Comes Into Being

Man, the Political Animal

Slavery

Women
Book IIWhat Kind of Partnership Is a City?

Existing Cities: Sparta, Crete, Carthage
Book IIIWho Is the Citizen?

The Good Citizen and the Good Man

Who Should Rule?
Book IVPolity: The Best Practical Regime

The Importance of the Middle Class
Book VConflict Between the Rich and the Poor

How to Preserve Regimes
Book VIVarieties of Democracy

The Best Kind of Democracy

The Role of Wealth in a Democracy
Book VIIThe Best Regime and the Best Men

Characteristics of the Best City
Book VIIIThe Education of the Young


Aristotle’s Ethics describes the means to the happy life of virtue intended by nature. In Politics he describes the vital role the political community plays in fostering the well-being of its citizens. In doing so he surveys the types of communities and governments that existed and how many fall short of the ideal, which is a constitutional form. While many of his precepts and goals may seem unusual and outdated today, there is much that stands the test of time, in particular his belief in the need for active participation in politics, in the relationship of the well-being of the people to that of the community, and his analysis of factors that bring about stability and revolution.  Many of the issues raised, notably the importance of the middle class and the role of wealth in a democracy, are as relevant today as they were then.


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Author Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
Translator Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893)
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