Aristotle Politics: Books V and VI. (book review)

Philosophical Review, The, October, 2001 by Mayhew, Robert

Translated with a commentary by DAVID KEYT. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, 1999. Pp. xvii, 265.

This book completes the Clarendon Aristotle Series edition of the Politics. One might assume that, since David Keyt's contribution is the last of the four on the Politics, when Aristotle scholars agreed to write these volumes, he was fourth in line and so got stuck with Politics V-VI. Surely, one might think, few would choose Politics V-VI over Politics I-II (see Saunders 1995), with its fascinating discussions of the fundamental nature of the polls, the infamous chapters on slavery, and the critique of the communism of Plato's Republic;, or over Politics VII-VIII (see Kraut 1997), which contains Aristotle's presentation of the best political...

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