THE POLITICS

BOOK I

Preface to Book I

i The State as an Association

ii The State Exists by Nature

The Two ‘Pairs’

Formation of the Household

Formation of the Village

Formation of the State

The State and the Individual

iii The Household and Its Slaves

iv The Slave as a Tool

v Slavery as Part of a Universal Natural Pattern

vi The Relation between Legal and Natural Slavery

vii The Nature of Rule over Slaves

viii The Natural Method of Acquiring Goods

ix Natural and Unnatural Methods of Acquiring Goods

x The Proper Limits of Household-Management; The Unnaturalness of Money-lending

xi Some Practical Considerations, Especially on the Creation of Monopoly

xii Brief Analysis of the Authority of Husband and Father

xiii Morality and Efficiency in the Household