Aristotle’s Politeia of the Carthaginians

FEDERICA PEZZOLI

doi:10.12795.15

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FEDERICA PEZZOLI Universidad Complutense de Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1714-162X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12795.15

Keywords:

Aristotle’s Politics Book 2, Carthage, politeia, non-Greeks, best regime (ariste politeia), Aristotle’s Politeiai

Abstract

One aspect of Book 2 of Aristotle’s Politics that has drawn the most attention among scholars is his discussion of the politeia of Carthage, a non-Greek political community. Bearing in mind this unconventional decision, my paper will firstly focus on the reasons that led Aristotle to include this regime by adopting the conceptual category of politeia: this, in fact, allows him to analyze political phenomena that meet a series of prerequisites and are not exclusively related with the Greek world. Secondly, I will concentrate on the criteria used by the philosopher to determine whether or not the Carthaginians’ political order actually worked, showing that these criteria come mainly from the ‘empirical’ Books (4-6) of Politics.

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