[1288b]
[1]
so that it will be almost the
same education and habits that make a man good and that make him capable as a
citizen or a king.These conclusions having been
laid down, we must now endeavor to discuss the best form of constitution and to
say in what way it is natural for it to come into existence and how it is
natural for it to be organized.1
1 The concluding sentence, by whomever written, clearly leads on to the Book that is No. 7 in the MSS. and in this edition; and after it the MSS. add half the first sentence of that Book, slightly altered. Some editors therefore transfer Books 7 and 8 here and put Books 4, 5 and 6 after them; opinions vary as to the proper order of Books 4, 5. and 6 among themselves.
Aristotle. Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 21, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1944.
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