BOOK 11.
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I
- ?TI 6; sb C?stiv TL sap‘ ah& ~POV pfi SOK~ ndvros clvai uo+i[eu6ai
sb {+v is the nominative of pi V~~VTWS is to be taken
closely with pi, and that our object in seeking for a new state is
not at all to make a display of ingenuity; but to supply defects in
states which are known to us, both in those ahich are actually
existing and also in theoretical states like that of Plato.’ 1.4 60rj
and BOK~~EV are dependent on Zua.
povhopivov. 1
i
- I. h~aX4oBar T$V p;6060~.
To undertake’ or ‘ take upon oneself,’ a curious and idiomatic
use of the word, found also in Plato and Thucjdides. See Bonitz
(Liddell and Scott), s. v. f
k
1
- 6 piv yhp rdnos af 6 is pi& ndhi\Fos, oi 6i xohirar KO~VWO~ 7;s pic
CIS 6 T~S is required by the sense and is supported by the old
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?TdhCOIS.
1
i
L
Latin Translation. All the Greek hISS. however read ~U~TVS. f
- iu ~fj ?TOhTf/q ~fj ~~~TWVOS, either the title of the book (cp. iv. c. 4.
$ I I ; c. 7. $ I), or ‘ in the state which is described by Plato.’
The comments of Aristotle on Plato’s Republic and Laws, con-
tained in this and the following chapters, can hardly be dealt with
properly in single notes. They are full of inaccuracies and incon-
sistencies. But the nature of these comments, which throw great
light on the character of ancient criticism in general, will be best
appreciated when they are brought together and compared with one
another in a comprehensive manner. I have therefore reserved
much of what has to be said about them for an essay ‘On the
