London: Adam Islip 1598. Rare first edition in English of one of the world’s most important and influential political texts “the most valuable work on that branch of philosophy that has descended to us from antiquity.†Small folio bound in full leather gilt titles and tooling to the spine front and rear panels. In near fine condition bookplate small name to the title page small paper repair to the first few pages. First editions are exceptionally rare. Aristotle’s Politics written circa 350 B.C. “is the most valuable work on that branch of philosophy that has descended to us from antiquity†McCulloch 356. It marks “a genuine attempt at political science. Aristotle shows the ways in which oligarchies fall and the variety of situations that may follow. He goes through the likely causes of revolution. He is conscious of classes and their interests†Levi 403. The work embodies “theories of perennial value and refutations of fallacies which are always re-emerging†Hazlitt 36. Aristotle’s history of mature Athenian democracy and the development of that city-state’s constitution greatly influenced modern political philosophy. Politics had a particularly profound effect on the formation of the United States government: Jefferson had a copy of LeRoy’s French translation in his library Sowerby 2347 and many of the basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution derive directly from Aristotle making him in some sense “the father of modern democracy†PMM 94. Title page with woodcut-engraved device woodcut-engraved initials head- and tailpieces. STC 760. Pforzheimer 10. Brueggemann 184-85. CBEL I:800. Cox I:59. Harris 14 Lowndes 68. Palmer 12. Smith 31. See PMM 38 94. Adam Islip hardcover
Paperback / softback. New. This volume contains a close translation suitable for students without a knowledge of Greek together with a philosophical commentary. It contains some of Aristotle's most influential thoughts in logic epistemology metaphysics and the philosophy of science. paperback
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Paperback / softback. New. This volume contains a close translation suitable for students without a knowledge of Greek together with a philosophical commentary. It contains some of Aristotle's most influential thoughts in logic epistemology metaphysics and the philosophy of science. paperback
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