CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTION 
l. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE POLITICS . 
§ 1. The period down to 347 
§ 2. The period from 347 to 335 - 
§ 3. The period after 335 . 
THE SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND OF THE POLITICS . 
§ 1. The personality of Aristotle and the characteristics of his 
approach to politics v . ‘ 
§ 2. The Aristotelian School in the Lyceum . 
§ 3. The Aristotelian writings and their different styles 
§ 4. The composition and structure of the Politics 
(a) The different sections or ‘methods’. 
(5) The problem of the order of the books - . 
(¢) The problem of the chronology of different sections of the 
Politics . 
II. THE SUBSTANCE AND ARGUMENT OF THE POLITICS 
§ 1. The idea of the Polis . . 
§ 2. The natural character of the Polis. 
§ 3. The dominance of the Polis 
§ 4. The ideal Polis and the criticism of actual states 
¥ 5. Aristotle’s conception of law . ” 
§6. Aristotle's theory of ‘economy’ and education 
$7. The later history of Aristotle’ political theory 
lV. THE VOCABULARY OF THE POLITICS. 
§ 1. The vocabulary of the conception of state. 
§ 2. The vocabulary of the conception of government 
§ 3. The vocabulary of the conceptions of law and justice 
§ 4. Philosophical terms . 
§ 5. Social and moral terms 
TRANSLATION OF ARISTOTLE'S POLITICS 
NOTE. The titles of the different books, the division of each book into 
parts, and the headings of these parts, are due solely to the translator. 
BOOK I. THE THEORY OF THE HOUSEHOLD i 
A. The political association, and its relation to other associations 
(cc. iii) . : ’ - 
B. The association of the household and its different factors (cc. ii-xiii) 
I. The constituent clements of the household {c. iii) . 
2. Slavery (cc. iv—vii) .oL a ’ 
3. Property and the art of acquisition (cc. vili-xi) x 
4. Marriage, parenthood, and the general management of the 
household (cc. xii-xiii) . 
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