The Constitution of the Athenians

Japanese: 《アテナイ人の国制》 - あてないじんのこくせい
The Constitution of the Athenians

In addition to these, he had written other works with the intention of publishing them, but they were gradually forgotten, and today only parts of his works, such as "On the Soul (Eudemus)", "Exhortation to Philosophy (Protrepticus)", and "On Philosophy", have survived in fragments or in abridged form, quoted by posterity. The most dearly lost of his works is his survey of the constitutions of 158 Greek states and their historical changes, of which only "Constitution of the Athenians" survives, most of which was discovered in the form of a papyrus manuscript in 1890.
[Thoughts]
One of the major characteristics of Aristotle's thinking is his precise analysis of the ambiguity of words.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "the Athenian constitution" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…これとは別に最初から公表を意図して書かれた作品もあったが,以後しだいに忘れられるようになり,今日では《魂について(エウデモス)》《哲学のすすめ(プロトレプティコス)》《哲学について》などの一部が,後世の人が断片的にまたは要約して引用した形で残されているにすぎない。彼の失われた著作のうちで最も惜しむべきものに,158のギリシア諸国の国制とその歴史的変遷を調査記録したものがあるが,そのうち《アテナイ人の国制》だけはその大部分が1890年パピルスの写本のかたちで発見されて残っている。
[思想]
 アリストテレスの思考の大きな特徴の一つに,言葉の多義性に注目した分析の精密さがあげられる。…

※「《アテナイ人の国制》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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