Lord has made revisions to problematic passages throughout the translation in order to enhance both its accuracy and its readability.
A glossary defines key terms in Aristotle’s philosophical-political vocabulary. This new edition of the Politics retains and adds to Lord’s already extensive notes, clarifying the flow of Aristotle’s argument and identifying literary and historical references. Widely regarded as the most faithful to both the original Greek and Aristotle’s distinctive style, it is also written in clear, contemporary English. For almost three decades, Carnes Lord’s justly acclaimed translation has served as the standard English edition. “One of the fundamental works of Western political thought, Aristotle’s masterwork is the first systematic treatise on the science of politics.
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