The Politics of Aristotle: Introduction and translationClarendon Press, 1885 The translator's death prevented the publication of a third volume which was to contain essays on subjects of a more general character. |
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... form of government is that which is most permanent , and that the freedom of the in- dividual when carried to an extreme is suicidal . But these are truths which may be found in Aristotle's Politics . Thus to the old we revert for some ...
... form of government is that which is most permanent , and that the freedom of the in- dividual when carried to an extreme is suicidal . But these are truths which may be found in Aristotle's Politics . Thus to the old we revert for some ...
Page xxvi
... forms of government . Whether he meant to compare particular relations of family life with particular forms of government , e . g . the relation of husband and wife to a constitutional government , and that of father and son to a ...
... forms of government . Whether he meant to compare particular relations of family life with particular forms of government , e . g . the relation of husband and wife to a constitutional government , and that of father and son to a ...
Page xxxvi
... forms of government . Already there were many treatises in existence , probably a large literature , relating to the subject of Politics . Yet we are also struck with the meagreness of Aristotle's information and the feebleness of some ...
... forms of government . Already there were many treatises in existence , probably a large literature , relating to the subject of Politics . Yet we are also struck with the meagreness of Aristotle's information and the feebleness of some ...
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... forms of government : or that the term ' polity ' should in the same paragraph'or sentence be used to signify ' a constitution ' both in the more general and the more precise sense , or that the word ' city ' should mean a ' town ' and ...
... forms of government : or that the term ' polity ' should in the same paragraph'or sentence be used to signify ' a constitution ' both in the more general and the more precise sense , or that the word ' city ' should mean a ' town ' and ...
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... government , not having been established for the common good , were unlawful . But they should remember that their argument applies to all forms of government alike : -to a democracy which is founded on violence , quite as much as to an ...
... government , not having been established for the common good , were unlawful . But they should remember that their argument applies to all forms of government alike : -to a democracy which is founded on violence , quite as much as to an ...
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