The Cambridge Companion to Aristotle’s Politics
One of the most influential works in the history of political theory, Aristotle's 'Politics' is a treatise in practical philosophy, intended to inform legislators and to create the conditions for virtuous and self-sufficient lives for the citizens of a state. In this 'Companion', distinguished scholars offer new perspectives on the work and its themes. After an opening exploration of the relation between Aristotle's ethics and his politics, the central chapters follow the sequence of the eight books of the 'Politics', taking up questions such as the role of reason in legitimizing rule, the common good, justice, slavery, private property, citizenship, democracy and deliberation, unity, conflict, law and authority, and education. The closing chapters discuss the interaction between Aristotle's political thought and contemporary democratic theory. The volume will provide a valuable resource for those studying ancient philosophy, classics, and the history of political thought.
Aristotle: Philosophy and Politics, Theory and Practice
L'A. etudie la distinction aristotelicienne entre theorie et pratique d'une part, et entre philosophie et politique, d'autre part. Il s'agit de depasser l'interpretation dichotomique des activites et des facons de vivre en soulignant l'engagement dialectique de la pedagogie d'Aristote
UNIVERSAL LOCALLY COMPACT SCATTERED SPACES
If δ is an ordinal, we denote by C(δ) the class of all cardinal sequences of length δ of locally compact scattered (in short: LCS) spaces. If λ is an infinite cardinal, we write Cλ(δ) = {s ∈ C(δ) : s(0) = λ = min[s(ζ) : ζ < δ]}. An LCS space X is called Cλ(δ)-universal if SEQ(X) ∈ Cλ(δ), and for each sequence s ∈ Cλ(δ) there is an open subspace Y of X with SEQ(Y ) = s. We show that • there is a Cω(ω1)-universal LCS space, • under CH there is a Cω(δ)-universal LCS space for every ordinal δ < ω2, • under GCH for every infinite cardinal λ and every ordinal δ < ω2, there is a Cλ(δ)-universal LCS space, • there may exist a Cω(ω2)-universal LCS space. As a consequence, we obtain that it is consistent that 2 = ω2 and Cω(ω2) is large as possible, i.e. Cω(ω2) = {s ∈ 2{ω, ω1, ω2} : s(0) = ω}. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. 54A25, 06E05, 54G12, 03E35.