NOTES, BOOK ZZL 15. 141
in Senophon &Tern. iii. 6.5 IO, ncpi mk‘pou uupflouXct;crv rrjv ye rrp&rqv
irrltrX<uOpCv: and in Arist. Met. S. 12, 1038 a. 35, rouaka dpiutb
- np&rqv. Aristotle refers to the Lacedaemonian kings again in
,., 11. 4 2, and to the life generalship, c. 16. Q I, infra.
?‘his passage is closely connected vith a similar discussion in 15. 3 ff.
plL,io’s Politicus 293-295, where the comparative advantages of
the \vise man and the law are similarly discussed, and the illus-
tration from the physician’s art is also introduced. Cp. also Rhet.
i, 1354 a. 28, where hristotle argues, besides other reasons, that
the Ian is superior to the judge, because the judge decides on the
spur of the moment.
tic& rfjv rfrp+lfpov, 15. 4.
sc. $p+v = PET& r$v rcrdprqv &dpav. The RISS. vary between
rptipcpov and rtrpippov.
AX’ LJWS bv +a/? ris &E &ri robrou povXcit7cmi acpi r&v K~B’ r~atrra 15. 5, 6.
rcihhtoi,. o“ri pLiv roiuuv dvdyxr] vopodfrqv air& clvni, SjXov, Kai KciuBac
udpovs, dXXh p\ KIJ~~OUS fi sraptw/3ulvoucrrv, ;rei rrrpi r&v y’ fXhwu cIvnt
&i rupinus.
atrlw, sc. rbv podculpfvov, incorrectly translated in the text ‘ a
king: ’ better, ‘whether you call him king or not ’ there must be a
I~~gislator who will advise for the best about particulars.
ahhh p$ KU~/OUS $ ?TapFK/%I~UOUUiV is a qualification of what has
preceded :-( although they have no authority when they err,’ i. e.
there must be laws and there must be cases which the laws do not
touch, or do not rightly determine. This is one of the many pas-
sages in hristotle’s Politics in which two sides of a question are
introduced without being distinguished. The argument would
haye been clearer if the words iXXh p$. , , 6ti KUphS had been
onlitted. Aristotle concedes to the opponent that there must be a
correction of the lam by the judgment of individuals. In fact both
Parties agree I) that there must be laws made by the legislator ; 2)
that there must be exceptional cases. But there arises a further ques-
lion : Are these exceptional cases to be judged of by one or by all?
The supposition contained in the words dhX’ kos... KdhXioV
is repeated in a more qualified form in the sentence following, hi
rohv. , KUphS.