Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations of Aristotle’s Works xi
5. Introduction: Aristotle’s Politics: Living Well and Living Together 1
6. 1. Book I: Slavery and the Will to Power 17
7. 2. Book II: Aristotle’s State as a Work of Art 42
8. 3. The Justice of Book III and the Incompleteness of the Normative 66
9. 4. Practical Knowledge and the Four Orientations to the Best 107
10. 5. Factions and the Paradox of Aristotelian Practical Science 132
11. 6. The Best Life and the Common Life 172
12. Conclusion: People as Political Animals 214
13. Notes 231
14. Works Cited 283
15. Index of Names 293
16. Index of Passages in Aristotle’s Works 295