Aristotle, Politics, Book I, chapters 1-7
Channel: Monte Johnson
Date: 2021-01-09

First of a two-part overview of Book I of Aristotle's Politics, this lecture on chapters 1-7, on the definition and elements of the state (polis), the distinction between different kinds of rule, and on the defense of slavery and critique of despotic rule. The translation of B. Jowett (Oxford, 1921, available in the public domain) is used. With edited English subtitles.