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Summary.

Introduction.

Glossary.

Instructions for reading passages.

Passages: Defining the City State.

Passages: Defining the Citizen.

Passages: Defining the System of Government.

Passages: Defining Democracy.

Passages: Types of Democracy.

Passages: Creating Democracy.

Passages: Preserving Democracy.

Passages: Destroying Democracy.

Selective Bibliography.

Index of Citations

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Democracy in the Politics of Aristotle  

Thomas R. Martin, with Neel Smith & Jennifer F.Stuart, edition of July 26, 2003

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1288b (in text as: 1288b)
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Aristot. Nic. Eth. (in text as: Nicomachean Ethics) *
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Aristot. Nic. Eth. 1101a (in text as: 1101a) *
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Aristot. Pol. (in text as: Politics)
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Aristot. Pol. 1252a (in text as: Politics) *
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Aristot. Pol. 1252a1 (in text as: 1252a1)
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Aristot. Pol. 1252b (in text as: 1252b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1253a (in text as: 1253a) *
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Aristot. Pol. 1255b (in text as: 1255b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1259a (in text as: 1259a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1259b10 (in text as: 1259b10)
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Aristot. Pol. 1260b (in text as: 1260b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1260b24 (in text as: 1260b24)
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Aristot. Pol. 1260b27 (in text as: 1260b27)
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Aristot. Pol. 1263b (in text as: 1263b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1265b (in text as: 1265b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1266a2 (in text as: 1266a2)
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Aristot. Pol. 1266b (in text as: 1266b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1270b (in text as: 1270b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1271a (in text as: 1271a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1273b (in text as: 1273b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1274a15 (in text as: 1274a15)
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Aristot. Pol. 1274b (in text as: 1274b) *
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Aristot. Pol. 1274b28 (in text as: 1274b28)
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Aristot. Pol. 1274b32 (in text as: 1274b32)
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Aristot. Pol. 1275a (in text as: 1275a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1275b (in text as: 1275b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1276a (in text as: 1276a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1276b (in text as: 1276b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1277a (in text as: 1277a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1277b (in text as: 1277b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1278a (in text as: 1278a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1278b (in text as: 1278b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1278b19 (in text as: 1278b19)
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Aristot. Pol. 1279a (in text as: 1279a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1279b (in text as: 1279b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1280a (in text as: 1280a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1280a6 (in text as: 1280a6)
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Aristot. Pol. 1280b (in text as: 1280b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1281a (in text as: 1281a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1281a8 (in text as: 1281a8)
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Aristot. Pol. 1281b (in text as: 1281b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1281b6 (in text as: 1281b6)
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Aristot. Pol. 1282a (in text as: 1282a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1282b (in text as: 1282b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1283b (in text as: 1283b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1284a (in text as: 1284a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1284a4 (in text as: 1284a4)
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Aristot. Pol. 1286a (in text as: 1286a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1286b (in text as: 1286b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1287a (in text as: 1287a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1287b (in text as: 1287b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1288a (in text as: 1288a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1288b10 (in text as: 1288b10)
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Aristot. Pol. 1288b6 (in text as: 1288b6)
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Aristot. Pol. 1289a (in text as: 1289a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1289b5 (in text as: 1289b5)
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Aristot. Pol. 1290a (in text as: 1290a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1290b (in text as: 1290b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1290b2 (in text as: 1290b2)
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Aristot. Pol. 1291b (in text as: 1291b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1292a13 (in text as: 1292a13)
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Aristot. Pol. 1292b (in text as: 1292b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1292b22-1293 (in text as: 1292b22-1293)
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Aristot. Pol. 1293a (in text as: 1293a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1293a12 (in text as: 1293a12)
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Aristot. Pol. 1293b (in text as: 1293b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1294a (in text as: 1294a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1294b (in text as: 1294b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1295a (in text as: 1295a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1295b (in text as: 1295b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1296a (in text as: 1296a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1296a5 (in text as: 1296a5)
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Aristot. Pol. 1296b (in text as: 1296b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1297a (in text as: 1297a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1297b (in text as: 1297b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1298a33 (in text as: 1298a33)
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Aristot. Pol. 1298b (in text as: 1298b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1299b (in text as: 1299b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1300a (in text as: 1300a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1301a (in text as: 1301a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1301a15 (in text as: 1301a15)
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Aristot. Pol. 1301a19 (in text as: 1301a19)
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Aristot. Pol. 1301b (in text as: 1301b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1302a (in text as: 1302a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1302b (in text as: 1302b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1303a (in text as: 1303a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1303b (in text as: 1303b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1304a (in text as: 1304a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1304b (in text as: 1304b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1305a (in text as: 1305a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1305a7 (in text as: 1305a7)
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Aristot. Pol. 1305b11 (in text as: 1305b11)
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Aristot. Pol. 1307a (in text as: 1307a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1308a (in text as: 1308a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1308b (in text as: 1308b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1309a (in text as: 1309a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1309b (in text as: 1309b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1310a (in text as: 1310a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1310a6 (in text as: 1310a6)
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Aristot. Pol. 1311a (in text as: 1311a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1312b (in text as: 1312b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1313a (in text as: 1313a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1313b (in text as: 1313b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1313b6 (in text as: 1313b6)
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Aristot. Pol. 1316b (in text as: 1316b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1316b27 (in text as: 1316b27)
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Aristot. Pol. 1316b31 (in text as: 1316b31)
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Aristot. Pol. 1317a (in text as: 1317a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1317b (in text as: 1317b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1317b13 (in text as: 1317b13)
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Aristot. Pol. 1318b (in text as: 1318b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1319a (in text as: 1319a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1319a3 (in text as: 1319a3)
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Aristot. Pol. 1319b (in text as: 1319b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1320b17 (in text as: 1320b17)
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Aristot. Pol. 1321a (in text as: 1321a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1323a (in text as: 1323a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1323a10 (in text as: 1323a10)
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Aristot. Pol. 1323a14 (in text as: 1323a14)
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Aristot. Pol. 1323b (in text as: 1323b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1325b (in text as: 1325b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1326b (in text as: 1326b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1328b (in text as: 1328b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1330b (in text as: 1330b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1337a (in text as: 1337a)
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Aristot. Pol. 1337a11 (in text as: 1337a11)
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Aristot. Pol. 1337a7 (in text as: 1337a7)
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Aristot. Pol. 1337b3 (in text as: 1337b3)
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Aristot. Pol. 1342b (in text as: 1342b)
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Aristot. Pol. 1342b34 (in text as: 1342b34)
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Secondary Sources
 
Abraham Edel, Aristotle and his Philosophy (Chapel Hill, 1982), pages 325-328..
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Andrew Lintott, “Aristotle and Democracy,” Classical Quarterly 42 (1992), pages 114-128..
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Aristotle, The Politics. Translated with an introduction by Carnes Lord. (Chicago, 1984)..
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Arlene W. Saxenhouse, Fear of Diversity. The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought (Chicago, 1992), pages 189-232 (“Aristotle: Diversity and the Birth of Political Science”)..
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Barry S. Strauss, “On Aristotle's Critique of Athenian Democracy,” in Essays on the Foundations of Aristotelian Political Science, ed. Carnes Lord and David K. O'Connor (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1991), pages 212-233..
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C. I. Papageorgiou, “Four or five types of democracy in Aristotle?,” History of Political Thought vol. 11 (1990), pages 1-8..
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Christoph Eucken, “Der aristotelische Demokratiebegriff und sein historisches Umfeld,” in Aristoteles' Politik. Akten des XI. Symposium Aristotelicum. Friedrichshafen/Bodensee 25.8-3.9.1987, ed. G. Patzig (Göttingen, 1990), pages 277-291, with comments by T. H. Irwin, pages 292-95..
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Claude Mossé, “égalité democratique et inégalité sociales. Le Débat à Athènes au IVème Siècle,” Metis 2 (1987), pages 165-176, 195-206 (esp. pages 201-206 on the Politics)..
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David Ross, Aristotle, 5th edition (London, 1949), pages 250-263..
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Demetris Papadis, “Il concetto di democrazia in Aristotele,” Discorsi 9 (1989), pages 326-340..
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J. Touloumakos, Die theoretische Begründung der Demokratie in der klassischen Zeit Griechenlands (Die demokratische Argumentation in der “Politik” des Aristoteles) (Athens, 1985)..
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Jonathan Barnes, “Aristotle and Political Liberty,” in Aristoteles’ Politik. Akten des XI. Symposium Aristotelicum. Friedrichshafen/Bodensee 25.8-3.9.1987, ed. G. Patzig (Göttingen, 1990), pages 249-263, with comments by R. Sorabji, pages 264-76..
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Josiah Ober, “Aristotle’s Political Sociology: Class, Status, and Order in the Politics,” in Essays on the Foundations of Aristotelian Political Science, edited Carnes Lord and David K. O'Connor (Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1991), pages 112-135..
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Martha Nussbaum, “Aristotelian Social Democracy,” in Liberalism and the Good, edited R. Bruce Douglas (New York, 1990), pages 203-252..
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Mortimer Chambers, “Aristotle’s ‘Forms of Democracy,’” Transactions of the American Philological Association vol. 92 (1961), pages 20-36..
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Oswyn Murray, “Polis and Politeia in Aristotle,” in The Ancient Greek City State, edited Mogens Herman Hansen (Copenhagen, 1993), pages 197-210..
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Paul Schollmeier, “The democracy most in accordance with equality,” History of Political Thought 9 (1988), pages 205-209..
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Pierre Aubenque, “Aristote et la démocratie,” in Individu et société. L’influence d’Aristote dans le monde méditerranéen. Actes du Colloque d’Istanbul Palais de France, 5-9 Janvier 1986. ed. Thierry Zarcone (Istanbul, 1988 = Varia Turcica X), pp. 31-38..
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R. G. Mulgan, Aristotle’s Political Theory. An Introduction for Students of Political Theory (Oxford, 1977), pages 73-75, and “Aristotle’s analysis of democracy and oligarchy,” in A Companion to Aristotle’s Politics, ed. David Keyt and Fred D, Miller, Jr. (Blackwell, Oxford, 1991), pages 307-322..
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Robert A. Goldberg, Democracy and Justice in Aristotle’s Politics, University of Toronto dissertation, 1990; summary in Dissertation Abstracts 51 (1990-91) 1369A..
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W. L. Newman, The Politics of Aristotle, 4 vols. (Oxford, 1887-1902)..
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Index locorum (sorted by section)

Summary

Aristot. Pol. 1252a (in text as: Politics) .   (top)

Introduction

Aristot. Pol. 1252a (in text as: Politics) .   (top)

Glossary

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Instructions for reading passages

Aristot. Pol. 1252a1 (in text as: 1252a1) ; Aristot. Pol. 1253a (in text as: 1253a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1260b24 (in text as: 1260b24) ; Aristot. Pol. 1260b27 (in text as: 1260b27) ; Aristot. Pol. 1274b (in text as: 1274b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1274b28 (in text as: 1274b28) ; Aristot. Pol. 1274b32 (in text as: 1274b32) ; 1288b (in text as: 1288b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1288b10 (in text as: 1288b10) ; Aristot. Pol. 1288b10 (in text as: 1288b10) ; Aristot. Pol. 1288b6 (in text as: 1288b6) ; Aristot. Pol. 1301a15 (in text as: 1301a15) ; Aristot. Pol. 1301a19 (in text as: 1301a19) ; Aristot. Pol. 1316b27 (in text as: 1316b27) ; Aristot. Pol. 1316b31 (in text as: 1316b31) ; Aristot. Pol. 1323a10 (in text as: 1323a10) ; Aristot. Pol. 1323a14 (in text as: 1323a14) ; Aristot. Pol. 1337a11 (in text as: 1337a11) ; Aristot. Pol. 1337a7 (in text as: 1337a7) ; Aristot. Pol. 1342b34 (in text as: 1342b34) ; Aristot. Pol. 1252a (in text as: Politics) .   (top)

Passages: Defining the City State

Aristot. Pol. 1252a (in text as: 1252a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1252b (in text as: 1252b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1253a (in text as: 1253a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1255b (in text as: 1255b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1274b (in text as: 1274b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1275a (in text as: 1275a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1275b (in text as: 1275b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1276b (in text as: 1276b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1278b (in text as: 1278b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1278b19 (in text as: 1278b19) ; Aristot. Pol. 1279a (in text as: 1279a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1280b (in text as: 1280b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1281a8 (in text as: 1281a8) ; Aristot. Pol. 1282b (in text as: 1282b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1323b (in text as: 1323b) .   (top)

Passages: Defining the Citizen

Aristot. Pol. 1275a (in text as: 1275a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1275b (in text as: 1275b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1276b (in text as: 1276b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1277a (in text as: 1277a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1277b (in text as: 1277b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1278a (in text as: 1278a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1283b (in text as: 1283b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1284a4 (in text as: 1284a4) .   (top)

Passages: Defining the System of Government

Aristot. Nic. Eth. 1101a (in text as: 1101a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1259a (in text as: 1259a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1259b10 (in text as: 1259b10) ; Aristot. Pol. 1265b (in text as: 1265b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1275b (in text as: 1275b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1279a (in text as: 1279a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1279b (in text as: 1279b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1282b (in text as: 1282b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1287b (in text as: 1287b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1288a (in text as: 1288a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1289a (in text as: 1289a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1289b5 (in text as: 1289b5) ; Aristot. Pol. 1290a (in text as: 1290a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1293a (in text as: 1293a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1293b (in text as: 1293b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1295a (in text as: 1295a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1295b (in text as: 1295b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1297b (in text as: 1297b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1307a (in text as: 1307a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1309a (in text as: 1309a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1309b (in text as: 1309b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1323a (in text as: 1323a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1323b (in text as: 1323b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1325b (in text as: 1325b) ; Aristot. Nic. Eth. (in text as: Nicomachean Ethics) ; Aristot. Pol. (in text as: Politics) .   (top)

Passages: Defining Democracy

Aristot. Pol. 1265b (in text as: 1265b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1266a2 (in text as: 1266a2) ; Aristot. Pol. 1270b (in text as: 1270b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1271a (in text as: 1271a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1273b (in text as: 1273b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1278b (in text as: 1278b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1279b (in text as: 1279b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1280a (in text as: 1280a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1280a6 (in text as: 1280a6) ; Aristot. Pol. 1281a (in text as: 1281a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1281b (in text as: 1281b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1281b6 (in text as: 1281b6) ; Aristot. Pol. 1282a (in text as: 1282a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1284a (in text as: 1284a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1286a (in text as: 1286a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1287a (in text as: 1287a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1290a (in text as: 1290a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1290b (in text as: 1290b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1290b2 (in text as: 1290b2) ; Aristot. Pol. 1294a (in text as: 1294a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1294b (in text as: 1294b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1297a (in text as: 1297a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1297b (in text as: 1297b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1298a33 (in text as: 1298a33) ; Aristot. Pol. 1299b (in text as: 1299b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1300a (in text as: 1300a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1301a (in text as: 1301a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1317a (in text as: 1317a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1317b (in text as: 1317b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1317b13 (in text as: 1317b13) ; Aristot. Pol. 1321a (in text as: 1321a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1323a (in text as: 1323a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1328b (in text as: 1328b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1330b (in text as: 1330b) .   (top)

Passages: Types of Democracy

Aristot. Pol. 1266b (in text as: 1266b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1276a (in text as: 1276a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1277b (in text as: 1277b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1289a (in text as: 1289a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1291b (in text as: 1291b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1292a13 (in text as: 1292a13) ; Aristot. Pol. 1292b (in text as: 1292b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1292b22-1293 (in text as: 1292b22-1293) ; Aristot. Pol. 1293a12 (in text as: 1293a12) ; Aristot. Pol. 1295b (in text as: 1295b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1296a5 (in text as: 1296a5) ; Aristot. Pol. 1296b (in text as: 1296b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1298b (in text as: 1298b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1305a (in text as: 1305a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1311a (in text as: 1311a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1312b (in text as: 1312b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1313b (in text as: 1313b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1316b (in text as: 1316b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1317a (in text as: 1317a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1318b (in text as: 1318b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1319a (in text as: 1319a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1319a3 (in text as: 1319a3) ; Aristot. Pol. 1319b (in text as: 1319b) .   (top)

Passages: Creating Democracy

Aristot. Pol. 1273b (in text as: 1273b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1274a15 (in text as: 1274a15) ; Aristot. Pol. 1286b (in text as: 1286b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1292b (in text as: 1292b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1296a (in text as: 1296a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1301a (in text as: 1301a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1303a (in text as: 1303a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1304a (in text as: 1304a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1305a (in text as: 1305a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1305b11 (in text as: 1305b11) .   (top)

Passages: Preserving Democracy

Aristot. Pol. 1260b (in text as: 1260b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1263b (in text as: 1263b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1266b (in text as: 1266b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1276b (in text as: 1276b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1296a (in text as: 1296a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1299b (in text as: 1299b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1308a (in text as: 1308a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1308b (in text as: 1308b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1309a (in text as: 1309a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1309b (in text as: 1309b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1310a (in text as: 1310a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1310a6 (in text as: 1310a6) ; Aristot. Pol. 1313a (in text as: 1313a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1313b6 (in text as: 1313b6) ; Aristot. Pol. 1319b (in text as: 1319b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1320b17 (in text as: 1320b17) ; Aristot. Pol. 1321a (in text as: 1321a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1326b (in text as: 1326b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1337a (in text as: 1337a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1337b3 (in text as: 1337b3) ; Aristot. Pol. 1342b (in text as: 1342b) .   (top)

Passages: Destroying Democracy

Aristot. Pol. 1301b (in text as: 1301b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1302a (in text as: 1302a) ; Aristot. Pol. 1302b (in text as: 1302b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1303b (in text as: 1303b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1304b (in text as: 1304b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1305a7 (in text as: 1305a7) ; Aristot. Pol. 1308b (in text as: 1308b) ; Aristot. Pol. 1311a (in text as: 1311a) .   (top)

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