Politics

What it's about

Aristotle's study of the city-state: the household and slavery, a critique of Plato's ideal republic, the kinds of constitution (monarchy, aristocracy, polity and their corruptions), the causes of revolution, and the education an ideal state should give its citizens. It is the source of the claim that man is by nature a political animal. In Ellis's translation, in eight books.

Who it's for

- Readers who want the oldest systematic comparison of forms of government - Anyone interested in why constitutions succeed or collapse - Students of political theory reading the companion to the Ethics

What’s inside

1. Book I
   CHAPTER I

   2 min
2. CHAPTER II

   5 min
3. CHAPTER III

   1 min
4. CHAPTER IV

   2 min
5. CHAPTER V

   4 min
6. CHAPTER VI

   3 min
7. CHAPTER VII

   2 min
8. CHAPTER VIII

   5 min
9. CHAPTER IX

   6 min
10. CHAPTER X

    2 min
11. CHAPTER XI

    4 min
12. CHAPTER XII

    1 min
13. CHAPTER XIII

    5 min
14. Book II
    CHAPTER I

    1 min
15. CHAPTER II

    3 min
16. CHAPTER III

    3 min
17. CHAPTER IV

    3 min
18. CHAPTER V

    10 min
19. CHAPTER VI

    8 min
20. CHAPTER VII

    7 min
21. CHAPTER VIII

    8 min
22. CHAPTER IX

    11 min
23. CHAPTER X

    5 min
24. CHAPTER XI

    5 min

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