First published in 1977 this volume is the only account published in English in the 20th century to be exclusively devoted to an interpretation of Aristotle's political thought.

John B. Morrall Senior Lecturer in Political Science London School of Economics and Political Science

Chapter 1 The Greek Political Dream; Chapter 2 Philosophy and the Polis; Chapter 3 Aristotle in Search of Aristoteleanism; Chapter 4 Political Science, Peripatetic Style; Chapter 5 The Pursuit of the Actual; Chapter 6 The Pursuit of the Ideal;