NOTES, BOOK I/. 2. 45
use, Cf. Nic. Eth. v. 5. $ I, and Alex. Aphrod. on Met. i. 5, T~S
~lrcuo~,+ isrou irsoAap,t3ciuourcs rb civrtrrtnov6ds TC rai hov, etc.
(Scholia in Arist. Ed. Berol. 539 b. 12.)
Here, and in vii. 13. 5 5, Aristotle quotes
the Ethics in the Politics, as he quotes the Politics in the Rhetoric
(i, 8, 1366 a. 21). But probably the references have been
interpolated.
;V rois +&ais.&,,Vcp hv ri pcr@oAhov oi UKUT& Kai oi rirrovw rai p{ oi aCroi de; 2. 5.
uxu~o~6po~ xa'r T~KTOVCS $,a,.
These words are a reflection on the proposed arrangement, not
unlike the satirical remarks of Socrates in the Memorabilia (i. 2.4 g),
and in the Republic ii. 374. But the connexion is imperfectly
drawn out :-Aristotle, while making this reflection upon the in-
convenience of the practice, admits in the next sentence that the
alternation of rulers and subjects is in some cases the only
arrangement possible. To Plato it seemed essential that the
division between rulers and ruled should be permanent, like the
division of labour in the arts, between one craftsman and another.
Aristotle says, ' yes, if possible,' but this permanence is not always
attainable, for where there is equality and freedom among the
citizens, they must rule in turn (vii. c. 9 ; cp. also infra, c. 11.5 13).
IV ot 62 pi Gvvarbv.. b[ I;rxijs.
' However desirable it may be that the same should rule, yet, if
they cannot, but justice requires that all, being by nature equal,
should share in the government, then they must rule by turns.'
& TohOLS 62 pLpaio8ur rb bu &xi roirs ?uous &tu dpoios rois
dPXtS.
& Tohots, sc. among those who are naturally equal and have a
right to share in the government.
P~P~W% ' to imitate,' i.e. to come as near as we can to 'this
Principle Of succession,' dependent on ,B/ATCOV.
Tois Like ' the original rulers, who have
yielded to them ; ' or, without supplying C?KOUUlV, nearly the same
meaning may be obtained. Cp. Book iii. 6. $ 9: a passage which
to explain this, 8tb rai T;Is rohtrrxds +ipXds, 0"ra~ $' rar' iudrqra rGv
Qxis, SC. CTKOUOIV.