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The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

PREMIUM-Episode 60: Aristotle: What's the Best Form of Government?

Jul 23, 2012 · 32 min · 31.0 MBExplicit
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On Aristotle's Politics (350 BCE), books 1 (ch 1-2), 3, 4 (ch 1-3), 5 (ch 1-2), 6 (ch 1-6), and 7 (ch. 1-3, 13-15). Aristotle provides both a taxonomy of the types of government, based on observations of numerous constitutions of the states of his time, and prescriptions on how to best order a state. Get the full discussion at partiallyexaminedlife.com.