[227] Aristotle, Politics III. 14. 2. Welldon, transl. p. 146.

[228] Aristotle, Politics V. 10. 8. Welldon, p. 382.

[229] Aristotle, Politics III. 14. 6. Welldon, p. 145.

[230] Aristotle, Politics V. 10. 7. Bekker. Welldon, transl. p. 382. "Kingship corresponds in principle to aristocracy as it is based upon merit."

[231] See p. 76.

[232] Aristotle, Politics II. 11. 7, II. 12. 2. Welldon, pp. 91, 94.

[233] Aristotle, IV. 13. 10, 11. Bekker. Welldon, pages 291, 292.

[234] The account here given of Polity is derived from Aristotle's discussion of it in the Politics, book IV. chapters 8-13 (in Bekker's edition): Welldon, pages 274-292. Nothing has been added except a few necessary explanations.

[235] Aristotle, Politics II. 12. 5. Welldon, p. 95.

[236] Politics, IV. 6. 1-4. Welldon, pages 269, 270.