A History of Greek Economic Thought

by Albert Augustus Trever

[775]. Cf. iv (vii). 4. 1326a25-30, especially, τῶν γοῦν δοκουσῶν πολιτεύεσθαι καλῶς οὐδεμίαν ὁρῶμεν οὖσαν ἀνειμένην πρὸς τὸ πλῆθος. Cf. entire chapter.

[776]. 1130b ff.; cf. under value, money, and exchange. The terms are διανομή or ἡ τῶν κοινῶν διανομή.

[777]. 1131a11.

[778]. Ibid. 21: καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ ἔσται ἱσότης, οἷς καὶ ἐν οἶς. Cf. above, pp. [55] f. and [60] f., on Plato’s idea of equality; cf. infra for further comments on Aristotle.

[779]. 1132b32 f.; cf. pp. [107] ff. and notes for a more detailed discussion, and for Greek expressions.

[780]. 1131b27-32: ἡ διανομὴ ἔσται κατὰ τὸν λόγον τὸν αὐτὸν ὅνπερ ἔχουσι πρὸς ἄλληλα τὰ εἰσενεχθέντα. Cf. Mag. mor. i. 33. 1193b36 ff. Stewart (op. cit., I, 432) says that the expression ἡ τῶν κοινῶν διανομή must mean more than distribution by some central authority, for the most important form of it is the distribution of wealth, operating under economic laws that regulate wages and profits.

[781]. 1131a24-26.

[782]. Ibid. 22-24. For Plato, cf. pp. [55] f.

[783]. Ibid. 26-29.

[784]. Ibid.; Pol. iii. 1280a7 ff.; 1282b23 ff.