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Politics

Aristotle

Politics proceeds through distinctions, objections, and causal inquiry. The surviving text has the density of a school treatise, not a transcribed conversation.

Composition
work attested c. 335-323 BCE; earlier layers possible
Sources and precision

The transmitted corpus does not support a secure internal chronology. The text may combine distinct layers of composition or revision.

Confidence C · probable range

Period
Antiquity
Languages
Ancient Greek · English · French
Extent
189 passages · 98,973 words

Before reading

What you will learn

Compare the good claimed by a regime with those it actually governs, then distinguish stability, justice, and the mere preservation of power.

Short summary

Politics proceeds through distinctions, objections, and causal inquiry. The surviving text has the density of a school treatise, not a transcribed conversation.

Long summary

Canonical identity follows the CTS book and section. The critical Greek, historical English translation, and AI-generated French translation remain three aligned manifestations.

The inquiry moves from household to city, then compares citizenship, constitutions, education, and causes of revolution. Its historical hierarchies must be examined, not repeated as present prescriptions.

Inside this work

The table of contents follows the divisions actually carried by the corpus.

Work › Book › Section

Book 118 passages
  1. Section 1252a
  2. Section 1252b
  3. Section 1253a
  4. Section 1253b
  5. Section 1254a
  6. Section 1254b
  7. Section 1255a
  8. Section 1255b
  9. Section 1256a
  10. Section 1256b
  11. Section 1257a
  12. Section 1257b
  13. Section 1258a
  14. Section 1258b
  15. Section 1259a
  16. Section 1259b
  17. Section 1260a
  18. Section 1260b
Book 229 passages
  1. Section 1260b
  2. Section 1261a
  3. Section 1261b
  4. Section 1262a
  5. Section 1262b
  6. Section 1263a
  7. Section 1263b
  8. Section 1264a
  9. Section 1264b
  10. Section 1265a
  11. Section 1265b
  12. Section 1266a
  13. Section 1266b
  14. Section 1267a
  15. Section 1267b
  16. Section 1268a
  17. Section 1268b
  18. Section 1269a
  19. Section 1269b
  20. Section 1270a
  21. Section 1270b
  22. Section 1271a
  23. Section 1271b
  24. Section 1272a
  25. Section 1272b
  26. Section 1273a
  27. Section 1273b
  28. Section 1274a
  29. Section 1274b
Book 329 passages
  1. Section 1274b
  2. Section 1275a
  3. Section 1275b
  4. Section 1276a
  5. Section 1276b
  6. Section 1277a
  7. Section 1277b
  8. Section 1278a
  9. Section 1278b
  10. Section 1279a
  11. Section 1279b
  12. Section 1280a
  13. Section 1280b
  14. Section 1281a
  15. Section 1281b
  16. Section 1282a
  17. Section 1282b
  18. Section 1283a
  19. Section 1283b
  20. Section 1284a
  21. Section 1284b
  22. Section 1285a
  23. Section 1285b
  24. Section 1286a
  25. Section 1286b
  26. Section 1287a
  27. Section 1287b
  28. Section 1288a
  29. Section 1288b
Book 426 passages
  1. Section 1288b
  2. Section 1289a
  3. Section 1289b
  4. Section 1290a
  5. Section 1290b
  6. Section 1291a
  7. Section 1291b
  8. Section 1292a
  9. Section 1292b
  10. Section 1293a
  11. Section 1293b
  12. Section 1294a
  13. Section 1294b
  14. Section 1295a
  15. Section 1295b
  16. Section 1296a
  17. Section 1296b
  18. Section 1297a
  19. Section 1297b
  20. Section 1298a
  21. Section 1298b
  22. Section 1299a
  23. Section 1299b
  24. Section 1300a
  25. Section 1300b
  26. Section 1301a
Book 532 passages
  1. Section 1301a
  2. Section 1301b
  3. Section 1302a
  4. Section 1302b
  5. Section 1303a
  6. Section 1303b
  7. Section 1304a
  8. Section 1304b
  9. Section 1305a
  10. Section 1305b
  11. Section 1306a
  12. Section 1306b
  13. Section 1307a
  14. Section 1307b
  15. Section 1308a
  16. Section 1308b
  17. Section 1309a
  18. Section 1309b
  19. Section 1310a
  20. Section 1310b
  21. Section 1311a
  22. Section 1311b
  23. Section 1312a
  24. Section 1312b
  25. Section 1313a
  26. Section 1313b
  27. Section 1314a
  28. Section 1314b
  29. Section 1315a
  30. Section 1315b
  31. Section 1316a
  32. Section 1316b
Book 614 passages
  1. Section 1316b
  2. Section 1317a
  3. Section 1317b
  4. Section 1318a
  5. Section 1318b
  6. Section 1319a
  7. Section 1319b
  8. Section 1320a
  9. Section 1320b
  10. Section 1321a
  11. Section 1321b
  12. Section 1322a
  13. Section 1322b
  14. Section 1323a
Book 729 passages
  1. Section 1323a
  2. Section 1323b
  3. Section 1324a
  4. Section 1324b
  5. Section 1325a
  6. Section 1325b
  7. Section 1326a
  8. Section 1326b
  9. Section 1327a
  10. Section 1327b
  11. Section 1328a
  12. Section 1328b
  13. Section 1329a
  14. Section 1329b
  15. Section 1330a
  16. Section 1330b
  17. Section 1331a
  18. Section 1331b
  19. Section 1332a
  20. Section 1332b
  21. Section 1333a
  22. Section 1333b
  23. Section 1334a
  24. Section 1334b
  25. Section 1335a
  26. Section 1335b
  27. Section 1336a
  28. Section 1336b
  29. Section 1337a
Book 812 passages
  1. Section 1337a
  2. Section 1337b
  3. Section 1338a
  4. Section 1338b
  5. Section 1339a
  6. Section 1339b
  7. Section 1340a
  8. Section 1340b
  9. Section 1341a
  10. Section 1341b
  11. Section 1342a
  12. Section 1342b

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Historical context

The world around the text

The corpus manifests do not yet establish the precise place and circumstances of composition. The images below document the author’s world or the text’s transmission. They do not claim to show the exact scene of writing.

These are modern reconstructions. They situate a documented place, practice, or transmission and are not period documents.

Modern reconstruction of Athens for Politics on Prokopton42.com
AthensPlato's Academy, then Aristotle's Lyceum. The generated scene uses Athens and 367-347 and 335-323 BCE as its documented anchors.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle
Modern reconstruction of Material world: womens mens clothing, 334–323 BCE for Politics on Prokopton42.com
Material world: womens mens clothing, 334–323 BCEAlexander’s conquests open the Hellenistic age, where Greek schools spread far beyond Athens. The image situates Politics without claiming to show its scene of composition.
Modern reconstruction of Nearby historical landmark, 334–323 BCE for Politics on Prokopton42.com
Nearby historical landmark, 334–323 BCEAlexander’s conquests open the Hellenistic age, where Greek schools spread far beyond Athens. The image situates Politics without claiming to show its scene of composition.

What the world looked like

World of 1989

Modern reconstruction of the material world around Politics: Technology, science, and care
Technology, science, and carePersonal computers, satellites, video, industrial robots, and expensive mobile phones exist, but the public Web does not yet. Computing, genetics, climate science, cosmology, and medical imaging produce growing data and international collaboration. CT, MRI, transplantation, vaccines, and intensive care advance; the AIDS epidemic exposes both medical capacity and its limits.
Modern reconstruction of the material world around Politics: Travel and communication
Travel and communicationCars, high-speed rail, metros, aircraft, and containers globalize people and goods. Fixed telephones, fax, television, radio, and newspapers predominate. Email and computer networks remain mainly professional or academic.
Modern reconstruction of the material world around Politics: Farming and food
Farming and foodMachinery, chemical inputs, breeding, and cold chains support high yields with increasingly debated social and environmental costs.
Modern reconstruction of the material world around Politics: Clothing, women and men
Clothing, women and menLoose suits, jeans, trainers, women’s power suits, sportswear, and urban subcultures create highly varied silhouettes.
State of technology
Personal computers, satellites, video, industrial robots, and expensive mobile phones exist, but the public Web does not yet.
Science and knowledge
Computing, genetics, climate science, cosmology, and medical imaging produce growing data and international collaboration.
Medicine and care
CT, MRI, transplantation, vaccines, and intensive care advance; the AIDS epidemic exposes both medical capacity and its limits.
Transport
Cars, high-speed rail, metros, aircraft, and containers globalize people and goods.
Agriculture and food
Machinery, chemical inputs, breeding, and cold chains support high yields with increasingly debated social and environmental costs.
Communication
Fixed telephones, fax, television, radio, and newspapers predominate. Email and computer networks remain mainly professional or academic.
Clothing and fashion
Loose suits, jeans, trainers, women’s power suits, sportswear, and urban subcultures create highly varied silhouettes.

Editions, translations, and provenance

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  • Ancient Greekcomplete_aligned_treatise
  • Englishcomplete_aligned_treatise
  • French AI-generated translation, non-officialCodex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

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