Description: Well worth study and reflection both as a fresh interpretation of the ^RPolitics^I and as a critical assessment of contemporary scholarship on Aristotle and modern political theory.
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"Well worth study and reflection both as a fresh interpretation of the ^RPolitics^I and as a critical assessment of contemporary scholarship on Aristotle and modern political theory." --Choice Reviews
"All of us who teach the ^RPolitics^I, no matter how many or how few times we have done it before, will teach the books better and with more pleasure having read Nichols. ^RCitizens and Statesmen^I is a marvel of close reading combined with clarity and consummate accessibility." --American Political Science Review "A clear, thoughtful, and serious treatment of one of the truly fundamental texts of political philosophy.dddddd" --Richard H. Cox, SUNY, Buffalo "By far the best book-length study of the ^RPolitics^I available in English." --Stephen Salkever, Bryn Mawr College "...remarkably successful at showing how Aristotle's thought sheds light on contemporary concerns without distorting either." --Delba Winthrop, Harvard University "...excellent... It is the rare combination of responsibility to detail and broad comprehension that makes the book such a delight. ...of great value." --Ancient Philosophy "A clear, thoughtful, and serious treatment of one of the truly fundamental texts of political philosophy.dd" --Richard H. Cox, SUNY, Buffalo "Writing in a lucid, graceful prose, [Nichols] offers an original interpretation grounded in a close reading of the text." --Midwest Book Review