Aristotle: The Politics and the Constitution of Athens

This new collection of Aristotle’s political writings provides the student with all the necessary materials for a full understanding of his work as a political scientist. Not only does it offer an unusually lucid and accessible account of The Politics, it also shows the relation between this and his studies as a constitutional historian. Only one of Aristotle’s many constitutions - The Constitution of Athens -has survived and this is now presented here alongside The Politics so that the student can appreciate both the empirical and the theoretical aspects of Aristotle’s political science. This expanded Cambridge Texts edition contains an extensive guide to further reading and an index of names with biographical notes, in addition to a revised and extended introduction. Presentation of The Politics and The Constitution of Athens in a single volume will make this the most attractive and convenient student edition of these seminal works currently available.

• One of the fundamental texts in western political thought • New edition contains The Constitution of Athens and part of The Nichomachean Ethics - crucial contextual material for The Politics • Revised and expanded student introduction with an extensive guide to further reading and an index of names with biographical notes

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the texts; Principal events; A guide to further reading; The Nicomachean Ethics, Book X, Chapter 9; The Politics, Books I-VIII; The Constitution of Athens; Glossary to The Constitution of Athens; Index of names; General index.