162
- mXtio S;,
-4 RZS TOTLE 'S POLITICS.
sc. oh'av i,yovrts.
- 7i)v vdpov rib'cvrai rorotrov.
Sc. they make the law oligarchical.
- 7i)v vdpov rib'cvrai rorotrov.
- IO. iAv 6' c'wirtivout.
'But when they stretch (the oligarchical principle) further.' - I. Gump I~Xdrov ;v rais IroXtrdars.
Either I)+ in his works on Politics, meaning especially tiit
Republic (as in v. 12. 7, iv r.i noXrrtiq) and Politicus; or 2) in
his treatment of the various forms of government, i.e. in Books
viii. and ix. of the Republic. The latter explanation is less idio-
matic. JVithout referring to the Republic or the Politicus, the
statement is inaccurate; for if the perfect state be included, the
number of constitutions is in the Republic five, in the Politicus
(302) seven.
- dpimotcyariav piv otv K~IS Zxrt KaXrb wrp'l 9s SL+dopv Iv rots npi-
rots Adyois' rjv yap C)K r&v ripiurov d7i'hios Kar' dprr;lv dtrclav, ai pi pip
hi0eulv TLVR
The discussion is apparently the same to which he has already
referred in iv. 2. J I : the particle yAp seems to imply that he
had in that discussion spoken of aristocracy as the government or
the truly good. The passage most nearly corresponding to the
allusion is iii. 4. 4 ff., in which Aristotle treats of the relation
of the good ruler to the good man.
- dpimotcyariav piv otv K~IS Zxrt KaXrb wrp'l 9s SL+dopv Iv rots npi-
dv8pbv, pdvqv 8hov rpouayopfhv 6pruroKpar;av.- KaXoCvrar dprmoKpariui.
According to a strict use of terms aristocracy is only the goyern-
ment of the best ; in popular language it is applied to the union Of
wealth and merit, but is not the same either with oligarchy or with
constitutional government,
- KU; ybp b rak pi norovpharr KOi+ brp;)\crav dpcrijs riuiv +US rlvic
oi c6SoxrpoCvra Kai 8oroCvrss &ai Iwtrtrtcis.
Cp. Plat. Laws xii. 951 : 'There are always in the world a few
inspired men whose acquaintance is beyond price, and who sprinS
up quite as much in ill-ordered as in well-ordered cities.'
- KU; ybp b rak pi norovpharr KOi+ brp;)\crav dpcrijs riuiv +US rlvic