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1、PoliticsAristotleTranslatedbyBenjaminJowettBatocheBooksKitchener1999ContentsBOOKONE..............................................................................3BOOKTWO...........................................................................22BOOKTHREE........................
2、...............................................51BOOKFOUR.........................................................................80BOOKFIVE.........................................................................108BOOKSIX........................................................
3、...................140BOOKSEVEN.....................................................................152BOOKEIGHT......................................................................180BOOKONEPartIEverystateisacommunityofsomekind,andeverycommunityises-tablishedwithaviewtosomegoo
4、d;formankindalwaysactinordertoobtainthatwhichtheythinkgood.But,ifallcommunitiesaimatsomegood,thestateorpoliticalcommunity,whichisthehighestofall,andwhichembracesalltherest,aimsatgoodinagreaterdegreethananyother,andatthehighestgood.Somepeoplethinkthatthequalificationsofastatesman
5、,king,house-holder,andmasterarethesame,andthattheydiffer,notinkind,butonlyinthenumberoftheirsubjects.Forexample,theruleroverafewiscalledamaster;overmore,themanagerofahousehold;overastilllargernumber,astatesmanorking,asiftherewerenodifferencebe-tweenagreathouseholdandasmallstate.
6、Thedistinctionwhichismadebetweenthekingandthestatesmanisasfollows:Whenthegovernmentispersonal,therulerisaking;when,accordingtotherulesofthepoliti-calscience,thecitizensruleandareruledinturn,thenheiscalledastatesman.Butallthisisamistake;forgovernmentsdifferinkind,aswillbeevidentt
7、oanyonewhoconsidersthematteraccordingtothemethodwhichhashithertoguidedus.Asinotherdepartmentsofscience,soinpolitics,thecompoundshouldalwaysberesolvedintothesimpleele-mentsorleastpartsofthewhole.Wemustthereforelookattheelementsofwhichthestateiscomposed,inorderthatwemayseeinwhatth
8、edifferentkindsofruledifferfromoneanother,andwh