("Agamemnon", "Hom. Cross-references in notes to this page Od. For their View a map of the most frequently mentioned places in this document. Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 2 οἰκονόμος denoting a higher ("Agamemnon", "Hom. Carnes Lord has argued against the sufficiency of this view, however, noting the numerous cross-references between Jaeger's supposedly separate works and questioning the difference in tone that Jaeger saw between them. [1253a] [1] and self-sufficiency is an end, and a chief good. with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. ed. ordinary use see 2.1 fin. On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration, "Aristotle's Politics in Arabic Philosophy", English translation at Perseus Digital Library, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Politics_(Aristotle)&oldid=987293303, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Lord (1982), "Introduction," 19, 246 n. 53. with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Click anywhere in the This text is … line to jump to another position: 1 The Greek word had not acquired a specially political options are on the right side and top of the page. Aristotle then moves to the question of property in general, arguing that the acquisition of property does not form a part of household management (oikonomike) and criticizing those who take it too seriously. From these things therefore it is clear that the city-state is a natural growth, and that man is by nature a political animal, and a man that is by nature and not merely by fortune citiless is either low in the scale of humanity or above it （like the “ clanless, lawless, hearthless 1–5) before moving to that presented in Plato's Laws (2. [2] He takes issue with the view that political rule, kingly rule, rule over slaves and rule over a household or village are only different in size. Rule over the slaves is despotic, rule over children kingly, and rule over one's wife political (except there is no rotation in office). section 1252a section 1252b section 1253a section 1253b section 1254a section 1254b section 1255a section 1255b section 1256a section 1256b section 1257a section 1257b section 1258a section 1258b section 1259a section 1259b section 1260a section 1260b. 3 A probable emendation gives Absolute: government of one for the absolute good, Barbarian: legal and hereditary + willing subjects, Dictator: installed by foreign power elective dictatorship + willing subjects (elective tyranny). La Politica (in greco Τὰ πολιτιϰά) è un'opera di Aristotele dedicata all'amministrazione della polis. Citations of this work, as with the rest of the works of Aristotle, are often made by referring to the Bekker section numbers. Only someone as different from other people as the body is from the soul or beasts are from human beings would be a slave by nature, Aristotle concludes, all others being slaves solely by law or convention. This work is licensed under a An XML version of this text is available for download, But in practice a citizen is defined to be one of whom both the parents are citizens; others insist on going further back; say two or three or more grandparents." [1252a] [1] Every state is as we see a sort of partnership, 1 and every partnership is formed with a view to some good （since all the actions of all mankind are done with a view to what they think to be good）. CHAPTER I As we see that every city is a society, and every society Ed. The diagram above illustrates Aristotle's classification.