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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Abbreviations of Aristotle's Works | |
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| Introduction: Aristotle's Politics: Living Well and Living Together | |
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| Six Chapters to Living Well and Living Together | |
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| Book IV.1-2: The Four Kinds of Best and Aristotle's Four Causes | |
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| Ethics and Politics | |
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| What Can the Politics Tell Us About Politics? | |
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| Book I: Slavery and the Will to Power | |
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| Slavery: Incomplete Actions and Incomplete Souls | |
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| Slavery and Slavishness | |
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| Despotism | |
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| Slavery, Despotism, and Human Nature | |
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| Natural Rulers, Political and Despotic | |
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| Thumos: Domination and Friendship | |
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| Aristotle's Slavery and Contemporary Problems | |
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| Book II: Aristotle's State as a Work of Art | |
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| The Ideal State and Its Problems | |
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| Property and a Unified Polis | |
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| Private Property, Ancient and Modern | |
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| Property versus Education as a Unifying Force | |
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| The Modesty and Ambition of the Politics | |
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| Politics as Practical, not Productive | |
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| From the Preface to Politics to Politics Itself | |
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| The Justice of Book III and the Incompleteness of the Normative | |
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| Aristotle versus Liberalism: The Right and the Good | |
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| The Meaning of "Form" in Book III | |
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| The Definition of "Citizen": Book III.1-3 | |
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| The Good Man and the Good Citizen: Book III.4-5 | |
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| The Kinds of Constitutions: Book III.6-8 | |
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| Justice as Proportional to Merit: Book III.9-13 | |
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| The Rule of the Best versus the Rule of Law: Book III.14-18 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Practical Knowledge and the Four Orientations to the Best 107 | |
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| The Kinds of Constitutions: Book IV.3-10 | |
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| Polity and the Best in General | |
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| The Best in Particular Circumstances: Book IV.12-13 | |
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| Formal Possibilities and the Best in Particular Circumstances: Book IV.14-16 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Factions and the Paradox of Aristotelian Practical Science | |
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| Asymmetries, Epistemological and Ethical | |
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| Faction and Constitutional Change | |
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| Book V.1-4: Faction in General | |
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| Book V.4: A Fifth Cause? | |
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| Book V.5-7: Faction and Particular Constitutions | |
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| Book V.8-9: Preservation (and Improvement?) | |
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| Preserving the Constitution and the Arts of Appearance | |
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| Stopping Factions versus Preserving the Constitution | |
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| The Revolt of the Just | |
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| Political Philosophy: Inside or Outside the Polis? | |
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| Philosophy and Phron�"sis: Logos and �'thos | |
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| The Best Life and the Common Life | |
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| Book VII.1 | |
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| Nature versus Justice | |
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| Book VII.2 | |
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| Book VII.3 | |
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| Book VII.4-7 | |
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| Book VII.8 | |
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| Book VII.13 | |
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| Book VIII: Virtue and Music | |
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| The Ideal and the Practical | |
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| Conclusion: People as Political Animals | |
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| Notes | |
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| Works Cited | |
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| Index | |