What the Editors Are Reading: 'The Politics'

Paul Gottfried Chronicles.

"Aristotle put the book together while investigating different regimes in the Greek world and elsewhere. The philosopher denies the existence of an ideal government applicable to all societies; instead, he looks at various governments that are appropriate for different peoples in different situations."

See Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 9; Great Books of the Western World (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 8;