POLITICS OF ARISTOTLE

NOTES, BOOK 12. f. 69

o; rolpvv ad rak?v pdvov, MU Kai BV idupoicv, Iva Xaipom zais rivet, 7, I 2,

The words xai bv 2aiBupoicv, though rather weak, are found in all

hiss. and are therefore probably genuine. They are omitted

holvever by Bernays, and have been variously corrected, rtai &W

;rr&plirv (Bojesen), sc. d8ix$bouutv, an ingenious conjecture ; SV pi

irlflvp&otv (Schneider), too great a departure from the RISS. ;

~u~rrl&p~rot (also Bojesen), too rare a word.

The general meaning is plain : 'And therefore, i.e. not only to

still pain, but also to gain pleasure, they will desire pleasures to

nhich no pains are annexed.' The three motives are, I) necessity,

2) desire of things not necessary, 3) desire of painless pleasures.

kvrr&, @pais. Ti OdV &OS T&V SpC@V TO6ToV ;

&K hv inr~qrolcv ti pr) aapd +thouo+ins ~KOS. 7. 12.

' They will look for a cure from philosophy and go no further.'

ob rvpavvoiurv OLX ha pj PiyLutv. Ad xai ai rrpai pcydhar. 7. 13.

Cp. the Story of Jason, who said awijv 0"rs pj mpavvo;, iii. 4. 8 g

So Daniel Manin (quoted by Stahr) used to say of him-

' And as is the

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and note,

self that ' he knew nothing except how to govern.'

greatness of the crime, so is the honour given to the tyrannicide.'

66; 66' xai ~ppbs TOAS yrtrvtSvras K.T.X.

A favourite idea of Aristotle. Cp. supra C. 6.^5 7.

alhh' 05ros &s hv xai pi ++~~ov rouahry o6uiav. 7. 16.

= dhX' ohor .rrorr;v j, Bv aoroirv xai pr) ixdurov TOUOhrlV obuiav, the

more general word notciv being understood from nohcpeiv.

' That your enemies should act as they would do if you had not

SO peat an amount of property,' i.e. that your wealth should be no

temptation. CP. Plat. Rep. iv. 422, where he argues that trained

u.arriors will be always too much for wealthy citizens.

Eubulus, by birth a Bithynian, was the tyrant of Atarneus in 7. I 7.
hIysia, and was succeeded by Hermias his slave, whose niece Or
adopted daughter Aristotle is said to have married; Eubdus
revolted from Persia, and was besieged by Autophradates, the
Satrap of Lydia. See Strabo, xiii. 610, Suidas s. v. i9pr~rmh.