POLITICS OF ARISTOTLE

158 AA'ZSTOTLE'S P0LZTfC.Y.

4. I 8. durmoroibrar^62 Kd qs dpfrjs sbvrfs.
   The connexion is as follovs :-I Different qualifixtions oftcn
   coexist or are thought to coexist in the same persons ; and in&<\
   virtue is a qualification for office to which all men lay claim. But
   no man can be rich and poor at the same time.'


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   20. Zrt piv 0th ciui noXtrciat nXcious, KQ~ 6ib riuns airias, sZpqrar l;pbnpov
       is a repetition with a slight verbal alteration (6th rhs Qith for
       Si' airi'av) of the first words of 4 7.
   
   
   
   


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   20. c'r r& eipqpivou.
       I. e. from what has been said respecting differences in the parts
       of states (supra $0 7, 8). Yet the curious argument from the parti
       of animals is an illustration only ; the actual differences of states
       have not been worked out in detail.
   
   
   
   


7. z r. Kbu rt TOto;~Tov iripov l;XjeovE fh.
   Susemihl (note 1199) objects that there are no others and SO the
   freedmen must be meant. But surely in this phrase Aristotle i.i
   merely adding a saving clause='and the like.' Cp. Nic. Eth.
   i. 7. $ 21, riv ripxiv ui piv innyoy; efopo;vrflr ni 6' abe+ei ni 6'
   &'~u&i rrvi mi n"XXar 6' ~"XXOS, where the last ~rords only generalize
   the preceding.


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   22. riiv 62 yvwpipov.
       Sc. elS7, here used inaccurately for differences or differellt kin&
       of r16q.
   
   
   
   


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   22. Th TOriTOLS XfydpfVQ KaTh T7)V alh$V l?iQ$JOpdV.
       roirots, dative after r7)v ah+, and refers to nXoiros, eiyivcta, K.TA
       Lit. ' the things which are spoken of according to the same principle
       of difference with these,' or ' similar differences having a relation LO
       these,' e. g. the habits and occupations of the notables.
   
   
   
   


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    22. p$i!J /.L;hhOV 6TdPXElV TOhS (iR6pOI'S 4 TOAS ClhdpOUS.
        If the reading hipxew is retained, the emphasis is on the mordj
        p?Siv piXXov which must be taken closely with it, ' that the poor shal'
        be no more '-which is a feeble way of saying, shall have no more
        power--lthan the rich'; or 'shall have no priority,' which gives
        a rather curious sense to i~dpxyrtv. A doubt about the propriet!' Of