POLITICS OF ARISTOTLE

NOTES, BOOK r. 9. 29
J~O,V&OLW=K~ C~OU is not equally applicable to both clauses ;
in &e second clause some other word like tl,pv or im3Pro is
wanted.
For ~tx~prnp&~r compare ii. 2. Q 3, Aioioti 12 soro6np rai ~oiir

oi piu, sc. oi iv 6 up&w xorwviq, 'mankind in the first stage of

society'; oi ai, sc. rXriovor +P roiuovias o3qs further explained by

XQOPLU~&JL, ' mankind after their dispersion.'

tu in the words which follow is to be connected with shr

pffaBdat1s.

&-,vo &U pi rad &(Is &ai XtXWplU~UOl rd rXij8os) aixx' of~'Apwd8fr.

~d r8v j3op@apirtJu i8vdu. 0.5.

roi which is found in all the MSS., though omitted in William de

Moerbeke, merely emphasizes the whole clause ' As moreover some

barbarian nations still do.' There is no need to introduce uiu after

KO; without MS. authority, as Bernays has done.

tis ciuadtjpocriu rijs Kard $6uw ahaprtciar.

Lit. ' to fill up what was wanting of the self-sufficingness intended

by nature; ' or ' to fill up what nature demanded in order to make

man self-sufficing,' = tis civalrX{pooiu rjr ICU~ $;mu idrlur Sort

air(ipl[q tiual.

xarh Adyou. ' In a natural way ' ; ' as might be expected.'

€fuu(os;pas YLVO&S T;S ,8oq&ias.

4 ciwtiyqr 4 70; uopioparor hpidq Xpjois.

0.7.

' When the supply began to come more from foreign countries,'etc.

' Of necessity there arose a currency.'

cp. Plat. Rep. ii. 371 B, udpiopa oip@oXou rijr ciXXayjs Zvvtra. Nic.

Eth. V. 5. Q 11, orou a' LlrcixXaypa ~r Xpeiar 76 udpwp ylyoue narii

ovuajqu.

8 xpqoipou aSrb 8v etxt du Xptiau rCpr7aXtiprmw. 0.8.

' Money belongs to the class of things which are in themselves

Useful and convenient for the purposes of life,' although there may

be circumstances under which it is a mere sham (Xijpor); see 4 11.

4s mprmlmjs +im, rb KC~~XLK~U, rA p2u npirrou ddfr Zooc yrvd-

~WJ~~~QS du @q uo~uproo ir 4s ciuayraiar &a+ Bdrqw etsoc 0. 9.