22 ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS.
she always intends it; nqr nature always intends this, but often
cannot accomplish it,’ which does violence to the order of the
words noAXlixis ob piwor: but ‘this nature often intends, when
unable to accomplish it,’ SOhh6KiS adhering to both clauses.
- hi piv ob ZXCL rivh Xiiyov 4 &&iuflrjqurs.
4 +$,ruPhurr, sc. the objection to slavery with which chapter 6
commenced, Bri 82 oi r6vavria @UKOMCS.
- .ai o6r cioiv oi piv $;mi BoiXoi oi 8 &c;&poi.
‘And that men are not by nature, the one class [all] slaves
and the other [all] freemen, is evident,’ repeating art. Aristotle
had maintained at the end of chapter 5, &L rooi~v flu1 Cphm
rrvis oi piv e’e;Bcpor, oi 8; BoiAor, $avcp6v: here he affirms the
opposite of his former statement; but he does not explain in what
way the two statements are to be reconciled with one another.
‘ Nature has divided mankind into slaves and freemen, but she has
not consistently carried out the division j and there are slaves and
freemen who were not the creation of nature.’
The words tioi rt~i are inserted before oh ti& by Bekker, (ed.
z) ; if there are some who are by nature slaves and some who are
by nature freemen, there are some who are not.’ The change has
no authority, and is not required by the sense.
6.9. :v TLUL GlbpLlJraL rb roroikov, tv ovpf#);pprr rr; pc‘v rb %ovhf;tLv rr; 82 rb
%Cond[f LV.
‘ Such a distinction has been made in some cases, and in these
it is expedient that one should serve another rule ’; 5v is substituted
for ols, that it may be in regimen with r+ pb.
6, 9. BOTE KU; 8solrd[ecv.
‘And consequently the master over his slaves,’ Le. if they and
he are fitted, the one to serve, the other to command,
- 10, &d rai m&pov luri TL rai $Ais 80hhy ral 8tm6q npbs &A$Aws.
Cp. Nic. Eth. viii. 11. $ 7, 3 $v dv 8olXor OCK id +Ah up&
ob&, i 82 &8pmos. The qualification contained in the last three
words shows the contradiction of Aristotle’s position.
