I 46 ARISTOTLE'S POLZTZCS.
virtue of the individual being more than equal to the collecrive
virtue of the community.
- ;U^4 &#uKf [mi &] iyyt'vdal lrXjeos so)ifpiwdv.
The reading of Bekker, Ka'r b, which is vanting in the bi=rt
NSS. and is omitted by Bernays, may have arisen out of :he
termination of lr;+JKfV. If they are retained the meaning will I,e
' in which there is likewise a single ' or ' compact body, defined by
their all carrying arms' (ii. 6. 5 16, etc.) as other forms of govcrii-
nient by virtue, wealth, etc.
- ;U^4 &#uKf [mi &] iyyt'vdal lrXjeos so)ifpiwdv.
- KarA vdpov rib ~a7' i&av Grnkpovra rots edndpors rhs dp,yr(s.
The citizens of a polity are here called fi'xopor, ' respectable' or
' upper class,' though a comparatively low qualification is required
of them (iv. 3. Q I ; 9. Q 3). They are 'the hoplites ' (ii. 6. $ 16)
who are also elsewhere called ~5mpoi (vi. 7. 8 I). rois r;aripors is
found in the better SISS. : nl. ~X~~OIE.
- KarA vdpov rib ~a7' i&av Grnkpovra rots edndpors rhs dp,yr(s.
- G. ot pdvov ,.. ~XAA Kar~l +TEpav xEXtvv.
' He has a right to rule not only on the general ground vhicli is
put forward by all governments, but also upon the principle which
we maintain, that he is superior in virtue.'
- Jppdoi KaTh pipas*^06 yhp ~+KE^73 t?;cp;pv rot TWT~P,^74
6; r$lKa6T?)V hp&hjv ?xuvrl Toiko UUp~l&KtV.
' This miraculous being cannot be asked to be a subject in turn or
in part, for he is a rvhole, and the !%--hole cannot be ruled by the part.'
The double meaning of pipor is lost in English. The idealizatioll
of the whole or the identification of the perfect man with a ~r.hole of
virtue is strange. Cp. Nic. Eth. viii. 10. 4 2. roiiro=rb &ai X~V,
- Jppdoi KaTh pipas*^06 yhp ~+KE^73 t?;cp;pv rot TWT~P,^74
- I, +:pXfdm buvaphou.
Bekker's insertion of Kai Zppv after +peat (ed. sec.) is un-
necessary. The idea is already implied in the previous words.
Under any of the three forms of government, the virtue of obd
ence is required in some, of command in others. - I. iw^82 Tois ?rp&ors i%fixeV hdyoir 0"si r+ air+ &nywa;ow CivBpirs dpfrjv
ctac mi mXirov 4s ndhtos 6s dpiarqr.