150 ARISTOTLE'S POLlTlCS.
be able to maintain existing constitutions, [which they would get
rid of].
- Kaehp Xxf3g #ai TP~T~~OV.
There is nothing in what has preceded, xhich precisely ans\vcrs
to this formal reference. 6 4 may perhaps be meant.
- Kaehp Xxf3g #ai TP~T~~OV.
- V;v 82 pLav 87poxpariau olovrai TWES cTvar ai pLau chynpxiav.
This is true of Plato, who is probably intended under this genera]
form.
olovrar K.T.~., and c. 2. $ 3 infra.
- V;v 82 pLav 87poxpariau olovrai TWES cTvar ai pLau chynpxiav.
For the anonymous reference to him cp. i. 1. $ 2, &or
- mvdf3wm %ouaX&s.
That is to say, either I) the different ways in which the judicial
and other elements of states are combined ; or 2) the different \rays
in which the spirit of one constitution may be tempered by that of
another: for the latter cp. infra c. 5, $9 3, 4 ; c. 9. $5 4-9.
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- IO. Kai TL rb dos CK~TS T~S Korvovhs f'urlv.
' And what is the end of each individual form of society I ' i. e.
whether or not the good of the governed (cp. iii. c. 6).
irdmqr, with the article following, is emphatic.
Koruoda is the state under a more general aspect. - IO. Y+OL 82 Kcppruptivol T;U 8qhohrov rju sohirsiau.
Either I)* the words T&Y ~~XO~VTOV are governed by Kcxopru~;uo1.
'are separated from those things which show the nature of the
constitution ' ; i. e. they are rules of administration and may be the
same under different constitutions ; but see infra $ I I. Or z)? the
genitive is partitive : ' Laws are distinct and belong to that class of
things which show the nature of the constitution.' - I I. T~S Sia+opbs dvaykaiou rtal TAV dpt6pAv +u T+ TOXLT& I~dms mi
TppbS Ths r~v Vbpw eiufls.
Either I), ' me must know the differences of states (sc. VOX~T~~G~)
and the number of differences in each state, with a dew to IeP-
lation; or z)*, referring tjc noXrrcias ~'K6-s only to Gra+o+,
and supplying sohrrrr& with dprepdu, 'the difference of each state
and the number of states ;' or 3), rb dpif3pbv means 'the order Of
classification ' (Suseniihl; cp. iii. 1.9 y1 where the defective (cOrWt)