Aristotle's Politics
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Aristotle's Politics is a foundational work of ancient Greek political philosophy that systematically examines the nature of the city-state, citizenship, constitutions, and the pursuit of the good life in political communities.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aristotle's Politics canonical | 4 |
| Politics by Aristotle | 2 |
| Aristotle’s Politics | 1 |
| Politics (Aristotle) | 1 |
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Target entity: Aristotle's Politics Context triple: [Leonardo Bruni, translatedWork, Aristotle's Politics]
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Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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Cyropaedia
Cyropaedia is an ancient Greek prose work by Xenophon that presents a partly fictionalized account of the education and rule of Cyrus the Great as a model of ideal leadership and governance.
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Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.
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Book III: Polybius
Book III: Polybius is a section of Cotton Mather’s historical work *Magnalia Christi Americana* that emulates the style of the ancient historian Polybius to interpret and narrate New England’s colonial history.
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Target entity: Aristotle's Politics Target entity description: Aristotle's Politics is a foundational work of ancient Greek political philosophy that systematically examines the nature of the city-state, citizenship, constitutions, and the pursuit of the good life in political communities.
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A.
Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
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B.
Commentaries on Aristotle
Commentaries on Aristotle are a series of influential medieval philosophical and theological works in which St. Thomas Aquinas analyzes and interprets Aristotle’s writings, integrating them with Christian thought.
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C.
Cyropaedia
Cyropaedia is an ancient Greek prose work by Xenophon that presents a partly fictionalized account of the education and rule of Cyrus the Great as a model of ideal leadership and governance.
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D.
Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise on the nature of virtue, happiness, and the good life.
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E.
Book III: Polybius
Book III: Polybius is a section of Cotton Mather’s historical work *Magnalia Christi Americana* that emulates the style of the ancient historian Polybius to interpret and narrate New England’s colonial history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical work
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political philosophy text ⓘ treatise ⓘ |
| advocates |
mixed constitution
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strong middle class ⓘ |
| aimsAt | systematic analysis of political communities ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
the polis exists by nature
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the polis exists for the sake of living well ⓘ |
| containsBookCount | 8 ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Plato's Republic
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communal property arrangements ⓘ |
| defines | citizen as one who shares in deliberative and judicial office ⓘ |
| distinguishes | correct and deviant constitutions ⓘ |
| follows |
Nicomachean Ethics
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surface form:
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
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| genre |
political philosophy
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political theory ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Classical Greece ⓘ |
| identifiesCorrectConstitution |
aristocracy
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kingship ⓘ polity ⓘ |
| identifiesDeviantConstitution |
democracy
ⓘ
oligarchy ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
| influenced |
Renaissance political theory
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St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
medieval political thought ⓘ modern republicanism ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| partOf | Corpus Aristotelicum ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| proposes | classification of constitutions ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Nicomachean Ethics
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surface form:
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
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| subject |
best regime
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citizenship ⓘ city-state ⓘ constitutions ⓘ education ⓘ good life ⓘ household management ⓘ middle class ⓘ naturalness of the polis ⓘ political community ⓘ property ⓘ rule of law ⓘ slavery ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| supports | private property with regulated use ⓘ |
| title | Politics ⓘ |
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Subject: Aristotle's Politics Description of subject: Aristotle's Politics is a foundational work of ancient Greek political philosophy that systematically examines the nature of the city-state, citizenship, constitutions, and the pursuit of the good life in political communities.
Referenced by (8)
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this entity surface form:
Politics by Aristotle
this entity surface form:
Aristotle’s Politics
this entity surface form:
Politics (Aristotle)
this entity surface form:
Politics by Aristotle