Constitution of the Athenians
Aristotle (384–322 BC)
Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians in the Greek text edited by Frederic G. Kenyon.
Section 1
Subsection 1.1
Section 2
Subsection 2.1
Subsection 2.2
Subsection 2.3
Section 3
Subsection 3.1
Subsection 3.2
Subsection 3.3
Subsection 3.4
Subsection 3.5
Subsection 3.6
Section 4
Subsection 4.1
Subsection 4.2
Subsection 4.3
Subsection 4.4
Subsection 4.5
Section 5
Subsection 5.1
Subsection 5.2
Subsection 5.3
Section 6
Subsection 6.1
Subsection 6.2
Subsection 6.3
Subsection 6.4
Section 7
Subsection 7.1
Subsection 7.2
Subsection 7.3
Subsection 7.4
Section 8
Subsection 8.1
Subsection 8.2
Subsection 8.3
Subsection 8.4
Subsection 8.5
Section 9
Subsection 9.1
Subsection 9.2
ἔτι δὲ καὶ διὰ τὸ μὴ γεγράφθαι τοὺς νόμους ἁπλῶς μηδὲ σαφῶς, ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ ὁ τῶν κλήρων καὶ ἐπικλήρων, ἀνάγκη πολλὰς ἀμφισβητήσεις γίγνεσθαι, καὶ πάντα βραβεύειν καὶ τὰ κοινὰ καὶ τὰ ἴδια τὸ δικαστήριον. οἴονται μὲν οὖν τινες ἐπίτηδες ἀσαφεῖς αὐτὸν ποιῆσαι τοὺς νόμους, ὅπως ᾖ τῆς κρίσεως ὁ δῆμος κύριος. οὐ μὴν εἰκός, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι καθόλου περιλαβεῖν τὸ βέλτιστον· οὐ γὰρ δίκαιον ἐκ τῶν νῦν γιγνομέων, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τῆς ἄλλης πολιτείας θεωρεῖν τὴν ἐκείνου βούλησιν.