Politics of Aristotle
With an Introduction, Two Prefatory Essays and Notes Critical and Explanatory

A monument of Victorian classical scholarship, this valuable work will continue to be read by scholars and students of Aristotle.

W. L. Newman (Edited by)

9781108011303, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 10 June 2010

788 pages
21.6 x 4 x 14 cm, 0.9 kg

William L. Newman (1834–1923) published Volume 4 of Politics of Aristotle in 1902. It contains his reconstructed Greek text of books 4-8 of the Politics with critical notes, detailed commentary, and an essay on the types of constitutions discussed in the work. Newman's reconstructed text is based on the edition of Susemihl (1872) and his own fresh collations of a number of important Greek manuscripts. Newman's cautious text, always supported by extensive manuscript evidence, was widely regarded as an improvement on Bekker's more conjectural 1837 text. Newman's detailed commentary was highly praised and has been used for over a century by students of the Politics. As a scholar and pedagogue, Newman had a significant impact on nineteenth-century classical studies. His four-volume edition of the Politics stands as a monument of Victorian scholarship and will continue to be read and studied by scholars and students of Aristotle.

The constitutions dealt with by Aristotle in the Politics
Text of Book VI (IV)
Text of Book VII (V)
Text of Book VIII (VI)
Critical notes
Notes to Book VI (IV)
Preliminary remarks on Book VII (V)
Notes to Book VII (V)
Notes to Book VIII (VI)
Appendix
Indexes.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval [DSBB]