Political PhilosophyBook · -350
Politics
Aristotle
Aristotle works through how city-states are actually governed, what makes each form decay, and why he thinks a large middle class is the most stable arrangement. He also defends natural slavery, which is worth reading precisely because it shows how a careful mind gets something catastrophically wrong.
Why you should read this
Aristotle's systematic study of political constitutions and the polis as a natural human community remains a standard companion text to Plato's Republic in political philosophy courses. Expect a comparative, classificatory method rather than an ideal blueprint for the state.
- Field
- Political Philosophy
- Form
- Non-fiction
- Published
- 350 BCE
- Themes
- Political Philosophy, Ancient GreecePolitical Philosophy
