Major Works

• Politics

  - Aristotle: The Politics. trans. Carnes Lord, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984
  First lines: “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… More

Commentary

• Aristotle and Theories of Justice by Delba Winthrop

  - Winthrop, Delba. "Aristotle and Theories of Justice." American Political Science Review, Vol. 72, No. 4 Dec. 1978.
  Abstract: “Today it is all the rage for political theorists and even philosophers to have theories of justice. Looking back on the history of political thought, we cannot help but notice that not all previous philosophers have taken justice and theories… More

• The Politics of Philosophy: A Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics

  - Davis, Michael. The Politics of Philosophy: A commentary on Aristotle’s Politics. Rowman and Littlefield, 1996.
  Excerpt: “One cannot help bringing expectations to Aristotle’s Politics, many of which are unfavorable, not to say hostile. How can someone immersed in the problems of Athens of the 4th century BC and of the polis, a form of government that can… More

• 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