172 ..I RZSTO TLE’S PoLrTzcs.
as will place the government in the hands of a majority [and [hell
there will be no danger]: for the poor, even though they are not
admitted to office, will be quiet enough if they are not outraged.’
- iv MdicCuc^82 4 p2v noArrcla Gu $K ro6rov ~.r.h?
Among the Malians the governing or larger body was electell
from those who were past service, the magistrates from those on
actual service’; the past tense (Gv) has been thought to imply
that the government had changed possibly in consequence of Philil]
and Alexander’s conquests : compare a similar use of the past, v. 1.
9 I I respecting the government of Epidamnus, and note.
- iv MdicCuc^82 4 p2v noArrcla Gu $K ro6rov ~.r.h?
- IO. br’ iv rois imrcCu.rv chi r$v iux6v.
Yet the tendency of some of the Greek states to the use oi
cavalry was as much due to the suitability of large regions, such ac
Thessaly, for the breeding and support of horses, as to the form of
government. Nor can the remark be true of Greek oligarchies in
general, considering how ill suited the greater part of Hellas nas
to the training or use of horses. Cp. supra c. 3. Q 3, a passage
in which Aristotle has made a similar observation. - I I, CIS vb Kaioiprv nohirrias, of npFpdrrpov ~K~XOUV Bvpoeparias.
Le. what appeared to the older Greeks to be a large governing
class was to the later Greeks a small or moderate one. - 1 I. Kard n)v oivra&v pFAhov 6rr+evov rb Jpp~~u6ar.
I*) Some word like du6rvcb has to be supplied from ;hiyo[ AWE
rb ahjeos before KnTh T~V uivrativ; or 2) KOT~ n)v u6vratLv may be
taken after 6nipcvov, ‘ and also through a (want of) organization,
they were more willing to endure the dominion of others.’
- nrihiU 61 Kai KOiVi Kai XopiF nrpi iK6UrqS hiyyopfu mppi rirV €+his!
hafldUTfS dpXiY n)V VpOWljKOUUaU a6T;V.
From a consideration of the differences between states, and the
causes of them, Aristotle in his accustomed manner, proceedi%
from the whole to the parts, passes on to consider the mode in
which different powers are constituted in states, cc. 14-16. He
nil1 hereafter show how the wholes are affected by the parts.
- nrihiU 61 Kai KOiVi Kai XopiF nrpi iK6UrqS hiyyopfu mppi rirV €+his!