Aristotle's Political Philosophy

Mark Blitz is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of numerous books, including Reason and Politics.

"Blitz has a gift for explaining Aristotle's thought in a down-to-earth, lucid, and balanced manner that renders that thought helpfully accessible to the contemporary reader." —Peter J. Ahrensdorf, author of Homer and the Tradition of Political Philosophy"Blitz elucidates the fundamental ethical and political phenomena treated by Aristotle with a directness and conceptual clarity unmatched by anyone writing today, at the same time demonstrating the enduring relevance of Aristotle's understanding to our modern liberal democratic regime." —Christopher Lynch, author of Machiavelli on War"With a remarkably sure hand, Mark Blitz guides the reader through the texts, weaving together summary and quotation with clear and penetrating analysis." —Robert Bartlett, translator of Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric""In this new work, [Blitz] displays a magisterial command of Aristotle's thought and writings. . . . Political science so understood shows the limits, indeed the falsehood, of materialism and reductionism. Blitz points in a more truthful and salutary direction, by doing justice to all the qualities of the human soul brought to light by Aristotle's exemplary ethical and political philosophy." —Claremont Review of Books

• IntroductionPart One. Virtue1. Happiness, The Good, and the Noble2. The Virtues: Their Characteristics and Substance3. Justice and PrudencePart Two. Politics4. The City and Its Necessities5. The Regime6. Regimes: Stability and Change7. Political Excellence and Its LimitsPart Three. Speech8. Friendship and the Soul9. The Rhetoric10. Intellectual Virtue