Major Works
Politics
- Aristotle. The Politics. Translated by Carnes Lord. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984.Excerpt: Every state is a community of some kind, and every community is established with a view to some good; for mankind always act in order to obtain that which they think good. But, if all communities aim at some good, the state or political community,… MoreNicomachean Ethics
- Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics. Translated by Robert Bartlett and Susan Collins. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.First lines (W.D. Ross translation): Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. But a certain difference is… More
Commentary
Aristotle’s “Best Regime”
- Bates, Clifford. Aristotle’s “Best Regime.” Louisiana State University Press, 2003.Excerpt: “The last decade of the 20th century produced a boom in scholarship concerning Aristotelian political philosophy. This reawakened interest in Aristotle’s political thought, and the us all the new attention to the politics, seems due in… More
Multimedia
Steven Smith – Intro to Political Philosophy: Aristotle II
- Smith, Steven B., "Introduction to Political Philosophy," Open Yale Courses, 24 lectures, Fall 2006.About the course: This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. Three broad themes that are central to understanding political life… MoreSteven Smith – Intro to Political Philosophy: Aristotle I
- Smith, Steven B., "Introduction to Political Philosophy," Open Yale Courses, 24 lectures, Fall 2006.About the course: This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition. Three broad themes that are central to understanding political life… More