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There are only two passages in the whole of the works of Plato and Aristotle in which the word σχoλ⋯ is given central position and philosophical significance. These are (1) the celebrated interlude in the Theaetetus of Plato (172–177) and (2) the predominantly educational discussion of the foundations of the ideal city in Aristotle's Politics, Bks. VII and VIII. It will be as well to begin by summarizing briefly the doctrine of these two passages.
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page 178 note 1 The passional nature may be regarded either as the highest section of the ἄλoγoν (N.E. 1260a 5) or as the lowest section of the λóγoν ἔχoν (ib. 1103a 1); v. Newman ad. loc.
page 180 note 1 Arist. N.E. 1176b 34, ⋯ναπα⋯σει γ⋯ρ ἔoικεν ⋯ παιδι⋯, ⋯δυνατo⋯ντες δ⋯ συνεχ⋯ς πoνεῖν ⋯ναπα⋯σεως δ⋯oνται. Cf. Plato Phileb. 30e ⋯ν⋯παυλα γ⋯ρ τ⋯ς σπoυδ⋯ς γιγνεται ⋯νιoτε ⋯ παιδι⋯.
page 182 note 1 Entstehungs geschichte der Metaphysik des Aristoteles, 1914, and Aristoteles, 1923.
page 182 note 2 See Limits of Purpose, pp. 219 ff.
page 183 note 1 518d.
page 183 note 2 529c, d.
page 183 note 3 530c.
page 183 note 4 530e.
page 183 note 5 803b.
page 183 note 6 803c. The whole of this passage, with its recrrent use of the opposition of war and peace, is redolent of the σχoλ⋯ conception, though the word does not occur.
page 183 note 7 Nature and Grounds of Religious Belief. p. 41.
page 184 note 1 Rep. 520d–521a.
page 185 note 1 The quotation is from Bk. Ill, and really the discussion of the democratic principle in Bk. III contains implicitly all the points in favour of democracy which are made in 4. 5. 6; e.g. we have there the statement that ‘a state in which many poor men are excluded from office will necessarily be full of enemies’ (III 117: 1281b 29 ὅταν γ⋯ρ ἄτιμoι πoλλoι και π⋯νητες ⋯π⋯ρχωσπoλεμιων ⋯ναγκαῖoν εῖναι πλ⋯νρη τ⋯ν π⋯λιν τα⋯την). In this passage A. presents in parallel passages the democratic and the oligarchic case, and shows that there is some truth in each but that neither principle alone will suffice. His con-eluding statement is noteworthy because it recognizes the divorce between ideals and ex-pediency III 13 init. πρ⋯ς μ⋯ν τ⋯ π⋯λινεῖναι δ⋯ξειεν ἃν ἢ π⋯ντα ἢ ἔνι⋯ γε τo⋯των ⋯ρθ⋯ς ⋯μφισβητεῖν, πρ⋯ς μ⋯ντoι ξω⋯ν ⋯γαθ⋯ν ⋯ παιδεια και ⋯ ⋯ρετ⋯ μ⋯λιστα δικαιως ἂν ⋯μφισβητoιησἄν.
page 185 note 2 πoλιτεια μ⋯ν γ⋯ρ ⋯ τ⋯ν ⋯ρχ⋯ν τ⋯ξις ⋯στι, τα⋯την δ⋯ διαν⋯μoνται π⋯ντεσ ἢ κατ⋯ τ⋯ν δ⋯ναμιν μετεχ⋯ντων ἢ κατ⋯ τιν' αὐτ⋯ν ισ⋯τηϒα κoιν⋯ν … 1290a 7.
page 186 note 1 Aristotie, p. 70.
page 186 note 2 ‘All those who have affections which lead them to the conservation of civil order would recognise, even in its cradle, the child as legiti-mate, which has been produced rom those principles of cogent expediency to which all just governments owe their birth, and on which they justify their continuance.’— Burke, , French Revoiu tion, Ed. 2, p. 243Google Scholar.
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