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pg 3CONTENTS

• book i. the household and the city 7

  • Associations (Chapters 1–2) 7

  • B: The Association of the Household and its Different Factors (Chapters 3–13) 12

    • 1. The constituent elements of the household (Chapter 3) 12

    • 2. Slavery (Chapters 4–7) 13

    • 3. Property and the art of acquisition (Chapters 8–11) 21

    • 4. Marriage, parenthood, and the general management of the household (Chapters 12–13) 33

• book ii. review of constitutions 38

  • A: Constitutions in Theory (Chapters 1–8) 38

    • 1. Plato's Republic (Chapters 1–5) 38

    • 2. Plato's Laws (Chapter 6) 51

    • 3. Phaleas of Chalcedon (Chapter 7) 56

    • 4. Hippodamus of Miletus (Chapter 8) 61

  • B: Actual Constitutions which Approach the Ideal (Chapters 9–12) 67

    • 1. The Spartan constitution (Chapter 9) 67

    • 2. The Cretan constitution (Chapter 10) 73

    • 3. The Carthaginian constitution (Chapter 11) 76

    • 4. Postscript on other legislators (Chapter 12) 80

• book iii. the theory of citizenship and constitutions 84

  • A: Citizenship (Chapters 1–5) 84

  • B: Constitutions and their Classification (Chapters 6–8) 97

  • C: The Principles of Oligarchy and Democracy and the Nature of Distributive Justice (Chapters 9–13) 102

  • pg 4D: Kingship and its Forms (Chapters 14–18) 120

• book iv. actual constitutions and their varieties 133

  • A: Introductory (Chapters 1–2) 133

  • B: The Varieties of the Main Types of Constitution especially Democracy, Oligarchy, and 'Constitutional Government' or Polity (Chapters 3–10) 137

  • C: The Type of Constitution which is most Generally Practicable (Chapter 11) 156

  • D: What Sort of Constitution is Desirable for What Sort of Civic Body? (Chapters 12–13) 161

  • E: The Methods of Establishing Constitutions, in Relation to the Three Powers—Deliberative, Executive, and Judicial (Chapters 14–16) 165

• book v. causes of factional conflict and constitutional change 178

  • A: The General Causes of Factional Conflict and Change in all Types of Constitution (Chapters 1–4) 178

  • B: Particular Causes of Conflict and Change in Democracies, Oligarchies, and Aristocracies (Chapters 5–7) 189

    • 1. Democracies (Chapter 5) 189

    • 2. Oligarchies (Chapter 6) 192

    • 3. Aristocracies (Chapter 7) 196

  • C: Methods of Ensuring Constitutional Stability in the Three Previous Types of Constitution and More Generally (Chapters 8–9) 200

  • D: The Causes of Conflict and Change and the Methods of Ensuring Stability in Monarchies (Chapters 10–11) 209

  • E: The Chronology of Tyrannies and Criticisms of Plato's Account of Constitutional Change (Chapter 12) 225

• pg 5book vi. methods of constructing democracies and oligarchies with a special view to their greater stability 229

  • A: The Construction of Democracies (Chapters 1–5) 229

  • B: The Construction of Oligarchies (Chapters 6–8) 242

• book vii. political ideals and educational principles 251

  • A: Political Ideals: The Nature of the Highest Good and of the Best and Happiest Life (Chapters 1–3) 251

  • B: The Population, the Territory, the Natural Endowment of the Inhabitants, the Social Structure, and the Physical Planning of an Ideal City (Chapters 4–12) 260

    • 1. The population (Chapter 4) 260

    • 2. The territory (Chapters 5–6) 263

    • 3. The natural endowment (Chapter 7) 266

    • 4. The social structure (Chapters 8–10) 268

    • 5. The planning of the central city (Chapters 11–12) 275

  • C: The General Principles of Education (Chapters 13–15) 279

    • 1. The end and the means (Chapter 13) 279

    • 2. Education and citizenship; education for leisure, and education of character (Chapters 14–15) 282

  • D: The Early Stages of Education (Chapters 16–17) 290

    • 1. The regulation of marriage (Chapter 16) 290

    • 2. The nursery and the infant school (Chapter 17) 294

• book viii. the training of youth 298

  • A: The General Scheme of Training (Chapters 1–3) 298

  • B: Physical Training, or Gymnastics (Chapter 4) 303

  • C: The Aims and Methods of Education in Music (Chapters 5–7) 305

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