Justice and Constitution: Aristotle’s Political Science and the Intelligibility of History (Arist. "EN", V, 1134a 25-1135a 8)

  • Elisabetta Poddighe Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Keywords: Aristotle, Political justice, Constitution, Law, Intelligibility

Abstract

In NE Book V Aristotle recognizes the condition required for the implementation of a particular kind of justice, namely, political justice (politikon dikaion): that condition is a form of government (politeia). Central to the point of Aristotle’s comparising politeia and political justice is the intelligibility of political justice (and of politeia): political justice becomes intelligible in that it departs from absolute justice, in the same way as forms of government deviate from the ideal one i.e. the best form.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
View citations

Article download

Crossmark

Metrics

How to Cite
Poddighe E. (2016). Justice and Constitution: Aristotle’s Political Science and the Intelligibility of History (Arist. "EN", V, 1134a 25-1135a 8). Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua, 34, 77-101. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_GERI.2016.v34.53736
Section
Varia