Book one - The politics The state as an association The state exists by nature The household and its slaves The slave as tool The relation between legal and natural slavery The nature of rule over slaves The natural method of acquiring goods Natural and unatural methods of acquiring goods The proper limits of household-management Brief analysis of the authority of husband and father Morality and efficiency in the househood Book Two Introduction to ideal states: how far should sharing go? Extreme unity in Plato's Republic Extreme unity is impracticable Further objections to community of wives and children The ownership of property Criticisms of Plato's Laws The constitution of phaleas The constitution of hippodamus Criticism of the spartan constitution Criticism of the creatan constitution Criticism of the carthaginian constitution Solon and some other lawgivers Book III How should we define citizen? A pragmatic definiton of citizen Continuity of identity of the state How far should the good man and the good citizen be distinguished? Classification of correct and deviated constitutions An economic classification of constitutions The just distribution of political power Justice and sovereignty The wisdom of collective judgements Justice and equality Five types of kingship The relation of kingship and law(1) The relation of kingship and law(2) The highest form of kingship The education of the ideal king Book IV The tasks of political theory Constitutions placed in order of merit Why there are several constitutions The parts of the state and the classification of democracies The classification of oligarchies Four types of democracy and four of oligarchy Varieties of aristocracy Polity distinguished from aristocracy Polity as a mixture of olirgachy and democracy Three forms of tyranny The merits of the middle constitution Why democrats and oligarchs should cultivate the middle ground Right and wrong stratagems to ensure a majority for the constitution The deliberative element in the constitution The executive element in the constitution The judicial element in the constitution Book V Equality, justice and constitutional change Sources of constitutional change (1) Sources of constitutioal change (2) The immediate occasions of constitutional change Why democracies are overthrown Why oligarchies are overthrown The causes of factions in aristocracies How constitutions may be preserved(1) How constitutions may be preserved (2) The origins and downfall of monarchy Methods of preserving monarchies, with particular reference to tyranny The impermanence of tyrannies Book VI How do constitutions function best? Principles and practices of democracies Ways of achieving equality The best democracy How democracies may be preserved The preservation of oligarchies (1) The preservation of oligarchies (2) A comprehensive review of officialdom Book VII The relation between virtue and prosperity The active life and the philosophic life (1) The active life and the philosophic life (2) The size of the ideal state The territory of the ideal state The influence of climate Membership and essential functions of the state Citizenship and age-groups The food-supply and the division of the territory The siting and defence of the city Happiness as the aim of the constitution Education for citizenship The proper education for cultural leisure Sex, marriage and eugenics The main periods of education; censorship Book VIII Education as a public concern Controversy about the aims of education Leisure distinguished from play;education in music The limits of physical training Education in music Gentlemen versus players Melodies and modes in education

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