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ments. The baldness of the expression suggests the posslbllltv
that something may have dropped out. The first words ha
r;l ?rXiBos appear to be a repetition of &si 62 6ri rb pav 7rXjtJos
ri)~ ?TOXlT&V at the beginning of the Chapter. ?rXiBos is used for
the citizens generally, not as opposed to the upper classes.
- sq2 r+v riw IqGv or‘~080p~prfr~ &av .;1v ~cit~v.
‘ To have their proper place.’ Cp. $ 8, r+ ripqpivrp r&v.
njv ,.. O~KO~O~~~~TCOV, sc. rd&v, is to be supplied.
- sq2 r+v riw IqGv or‘~080p~prfr~ &av .;1v ~cit~v.
- riv ra’houpdvqv rimuvopiuv.
The qualifying KUXOU~&~V, if not a mere pleonasm, seems to
indicate the more uncommon or technical expression. Cp. noti.
on c. 8. 0 7 supra, and on vi. 1. $ 6.
- riv ra’houpdvqv rimuvopiuv.
12.8. The i\ISS. vary between VfvcpjuBar and prprp+?ai. P4 ha.
Bekker in his second edition
Cp. vi. 2. $ 7, where certain magistratcbcompounded them into vtvcprp~u8ai.
has adopted pfprp+&x.
are required by law to take thcir meals together.- I. rrcpi TioXrrrlns &+s.
Hitherto Aristotle has been speaking only of the conditions of
the best state, which are its Chq (supra c. 4. $5 1-3). Now he is
going on to speak of the Tiohirriu itself, which is the fh of a
ndX~ (cp. iii. 3. $9 7-9).
Chapters 13, 14, 15 form a transition to the subject of education,
which is begun in c. 16, and is continued in Book viii. But it
cannot be said that Aristotle fulfils the promise of discussing the
‘constitution’ of the best state. He describes the life of hi5
citizens from birth to boyhood, but says nothing about their
judicial or political duties.
- rKKctrar KUXGS.
‘Stands out well,’ or ‘distinctly.’ For the thought, cp. Ed.
Eth. ii. I I, 1227 b. 20, Zurr ybp rbv $V UK~V +%v &i, iv 62 rois
‘lTplh TCb UKO7dV 8lOfUlp7dVflV.
- rKKctrar KUXGS.
- In this passage, of which the connexion is obscure, Xristotle
seems to say that the good man is superior to the ordinary con-
- In this passage, of which the connexion is obscure, Xristotle