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the cambridge companion to ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS Oneofthemostinfluentialworksinthehistoryofpolitical theory, Aristotle’s Politics is a treatise in practical philos- ophy, intended to inform legislators and to create the con- ditions for virtuous and self-sufficient lives for the citizens of a state. In this Companion, distinguished scholars offer newperspectivesontheworkanditsthemes.Afteranopen- ingexplorationoftherelationbetweenAristotle’sethicsand his politics, the central chapters follow the sequence of the eight books of the Politics, taking up questions such as the roleofreasoninlegitimizingrule,thecommongood,justice, slavery, private property, citizenship, democracy and delib- eration, unity, conflict, law and authority, and education. TheclosingchaptersdiscusstheinteractionbetweenAristo- tle’spoliticalthoughtandcontemporarydemocratictheory. Thevolumewillprovideavaluableresourceforthosestudy- ingancientphilosophy,Classics,andthehistoryofpolitical thought. marguerite deslauriers is Professor of Philosophy at McGill University. She is the author of Aristotle on Defi- nition(2007). pierre destre´e is Associate Researcher at the Belgian FRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique) and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve). He has edited several books, including Akrasia in Greek Philosophy (co-edited with Christopher Bobonich,2007)andPlatoandthePoets(co-editedwithF.-G. Herrmann,2011). othervolumesintheseriesofcambridgecompanions ABELARD Editedbyjeffrey e. browerandkevin guilfoy ADORNO Editedbythomas huhn ANCIENT SCEPTICISM Editedbyrichard bett ANSELM Editedbybrian daviesandbrian leftow AQUINAS Editedbynorman kretzmannand eleonore stump ARABIC PHILOSOPHY Editedbypeter adamsonand richard c. taylor HANNAH ARENDT Editedbydana villa ARISTOTLE Editedbyjonathan barnes ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS Editedbymarguerite deslauriersandpierre destre´e ATHEISM Editedbymichael martin AUGUSTINE Editedbyeleonore stumpandnorman kretzmann BACON Editedbymarkku peltonen BERKELEY Editedbykenneth p. winkler BOETHIUS Editedbyjohn marenbom BRENTANO Editedbydale jacquette CARNAP Editedbymichael friedmanandrichard creath CONSTANT Editedbyhelena rosenblatt CRITICAL THEORY Editedbyfred rush DARWIN 2ndeditionEditedbyjonathan hodgeand gregory radick SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Editedbyclaudia card DELEUZE Editedbydaniel smithandhenry somers-hall DESCARTES Editedbyjohn cottingham DEWEY Editedbymolly cochran DUNS SCOTUS Editedbythomas williams EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHY Editedbya. a. long EARLY MODERN PHILOSOPHY Editedbymichael rutherford EPICUREANISM Editedbyjames warren Continuedatthebackofthebook The Cambridge Companion to ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS Editedby Marguerite Deslauriers McGillUniversity and Pierre Destre´e UniversityofLouvain UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom PublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress, NewYork CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthe pursuitofeducation,learningandresearchatthehighestinternational levelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521181112 (cid:2)C CambridgeUniversityPress,2013 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2013 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd.PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritish Library LibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationdata TheCambridgecompaniontoAristotle’sPolitics/editedbyMarguerite DeslauriersandPierreDestre´e. pages cm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn978-1-107-00468-9(hardback) 1.Aristotle.Politics. 2.Politicalscience–Earlyworksto1800. I.Deslauriers,Marguerite,1956– jc71.a7c37 2013 320.1–dc23 2013007955 isbn978-1-107-00468-9Hardback isbn978-0-521-18111-2Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofurlsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtoin thispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsites is,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. contents List of contributors page ix Acknowledgements xiii Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 marguerite deslauriers and pierre destre´e 1 The political character of Aristotle’s ethics 14 dorothea frede 2 The rule of reason 38 fred d. miller, jr. 3 Economy and private property 67 karen margrethe nielsen 4 Natural slavery 92 pierre pellegrin (translated by e. zoli filotas) 5 Political unity and inequality 117 marguerite deslauriers 6 Civic virtue: citizenship, ostracism, and war 144 andre´s rosler 7 The common good 176 donald morrison 8 Natural, ethical, and political justice 199 marco zingano vii viii Contents 9 Law, governance, and political obligation 223 christoph horn 10 Claims to rule: the case of the multitude 247 melissa lane 11 Faction 275 antony hatzistavrou 12 Education, leisure, and politics 301 pierre destre´e 13 Deliberating and acting together 324 bryan garsten 14 Aristotle and Rawls on the common good 350 richard kraut Further Reading 375 thornton lockwood Index locorum 407 Index of names and subjects 419 contributors margueritedeslauriersisProfessorofPhilosophyatMcGillUni- versity.SheistheauthorofAristotleonDefinition(2007). pierre destre´e is Associate Researcher at the Belgian FRS (Fonds delaRechercheScientifique)andAssociateProfessorofPhilosophy attheUniversityofLouvain(Louvain-la-Neuve).Hehaseditedsev- eral books, including Akrasia in Greek Philosophy (with Christo- pherBobonich,2007)andPlatoandthePoets(withF.-G.Herrmann, 2011). dorothea frede is Emerita Professor of Philosophy at the Univer- sityofHamburg.SheistheauthorofPlaton.Philebos.U¨bersetzung und Kommentar (1997), and Platons Phaidon. Der Traum von der Unsterblichkeit(1999).Shehasalsoedited(withA.Laks)Traditions of Theology: Studies in Hellenistic Theology, its Background and Aftermath(2002),(withB.Inwood)LanguageandLearning:Philos- ophy of Language in the Hellenistic Age (2005), and (with B. Reis) BodyandSoulinAncientPhilosophy. bryan garsten is Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He is the author of Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment (2006). He has edited Rousseau, the Enlightenment, and TheirLegacies(2012). antony hatzistavrou is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hull. He is the co-editor (with M. H. Kramer, C. Grant and B. Colburn)ofTheLegacyofH.L.A.Hart:Legal,PoliticalandMoral Philosophy(2008). ix
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