Aristotle's Political Philosophy in Its Historical Context: A New Translation and Commentary on Politics Books 5 and 6

ISBN-13: 9780367593612 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 220 str.

Andrew Lintott

Opis

This book offers new translations of Aristotle’s Politics 5 and 6, with an introduction and commentary. The focus of this volume is the text as a crucial element in the discourse of 4^th century Greece, and the conflict throughout the Greek world between democracy, oligarchy, and the rise of the Macedonian monarchy.

Spis treści

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. The Politics - themes, structure, and chronology

3. Political change and civil strife in Politics Book 5

4. Aristotle's theory of political change

5. Aristotle and democracy

6. Aristotle's preference - the politeia

7. The Politics, Macedon, and Macedonian sympathisers

8. The Politics and ethical theory

Politics Book 5, sections 1-12

Commentary on Politics Book 5

Politics Book 6, sections 1-8

Commentary on Politics Book 6

Bibliography

Index of ancient texts

Index of proper names

Index of subjects

O autorze

Andrew Lintott is Emeritus Professor of Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK.