This article argues that Book I of the Politics represents Aristotle's critique of Plato's Eleatic Stranger on the specific character of political rule and the knowledge required for political rule, ...

Renewed interest in the concept of political judgment--a mode of reasoning that steers a middle way between abstract, technical reasoning and willful self-assertion--frequently takes the form of a ...

As is often noted, piety is not among the list of moral and intellectual virtues mentioned by Aristotle in the Ethics. I argue that this is neither an oversight on Aristotle’s part nor a subtle way ...

Reflections on Leslie G. Rubin's America, Aristotle, and the Politics of a Middle Class (Baylor University Press, 2018) The founders of the American regime prided themselves on having a “new science ...

On a recent conference about Delba Winthrop’s Aristotle: Democracy and Political Science. Lucky for all of us, Winthrop’s work is now available from the University of Chicago Press. The conference’s ...

Students must complete the overview in section I, any one of four historical periods from section II.A, and any one of four fields from section II.B. This is preparation for the 90-minute written exam ...

The intersections of friendship, love, beauty, and war remain central issues in the fields of political philosophy and the humanities, profoundly ...