60 ARlSTOTLE'S POLZTlCS.
which he introduces his guardians at the end of the work (Laws
xii. 965 ff.).
- n)v plv xiXlov.
Cp. note on c. 3. Q 5, supra.
- n)v plv xiXlov.
- ri, piv 04v xcpirro'v K.TA
This and the noble passage in the Nic. Eth. i. 6. Q I (?rpondvrour
rijs roiaCqs [&nos yivopiys alh ri) +bus du8pas e;uayaytiv rh 6%~.
Ad&lc 6' tv IUW BC%T~OV crvai UO~ a& id uoqpip YF rijr ciX&ias *ai rh
- ri, piv 04v xcpirro'v K.TA
o"urov xporipiv riv Wj6rrav') are a sufficient confutation of the idle
calumnies spread abroad in later times respecting the quarrels of
Plato and Aristotle, which only reflect the odium phifososophicum of
their respective schools.oiKriu Bt*aipeiv, G-Aos re ~a'r r$~Xoudr$ous dvros. rlp+ob yhp dvroiv r#~r'XoruCp. note, i. 13. Q IO.
- X&pas ??f$ufl rois TOUO~~OLS Ba,!3uAovlas k.r.1.
A strange remark : Aristotle himself mentions, apparently with-
out surprise, that according to the ancient tradition the Spartan
citizens had once numbered ten thousand, and he has himself
testified that the country could support thirty thousand hoplites
and fifteen hundred cavalry (c. 9. $Q 16, 17). Nor were the 5000
or rather 5040 citizens to be maintained in idleness, for each of
them had to cultivate his lut.
- X&pas ??f$ufl rois TOUO~~OLS Ba,!3uAovlas k.r.1.
- 6ti p& ou'u 6aori6cu6ai KaT' fixjv, p$v p&or i8ivarov.
Even the best state, according to Aristotle, is limited by the
number of citizens who can readily act together and by other
conditions. These conditions he accuses Plato of having disre-
garded.
Plato would not have admitted the impracticability of his ideal
state. It might be hard to realise, but was not impossible, Rep. v.
4il-4i4. In the Laws he resigns his ideal, though with reluct-
ance, and acknowledging the conditions of actual life, he allows
that there must be a second-best and even a third-best sample of
states; Laws v. 739.
- 6ti p& ou'u 6aori6cu6ai KaT' fixjv, p$v p&or i8ivarov.
Cp. vii. 4. Q 2, and 4. $ 11.
- Zit 62 K~GP ?,p ?rpocTt?eivar Kd xpbs rohs yairviOvrap rhous, ci ??ti qv
Compare vii. 6. 7, ti y+ +yepvucbv ai ?roXtrtKbv{<uerai giou K.rA~dhiv (ijv Piov ~~At~idv.i
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