Economics
This heterogeneous corpus treats household management, acquisition of resources and marital relations. It includes books I and II preserved in Greek and a third book transmitted principally through medieval Latin versions.
Understanding the text
The collection is not a unified work by Aristotle; economy primarily concerns the household and its relations of domination.
Transmitted under Aristotle’s name; personal authorship is disputed or rejected.
Key points
- 01
Household
Domestic management connects property, labor and people through social hierarchies that require examination rather than naturalization.
- 02
Finance
Book II assembles revenue strategies and political anecdotes rather than a modern theory of economics.
- 03
Marriage
Book III offers marital prescriptions whose indirect transmission and gender norms require particular care.
How to read it
Keep the three books and their transmission histories distinct before searching for a shared doctrine.
Editions & sources
Summaries and key points are original editorial interpretations. They accompany reading the work and do not replace an edition of the text. Editorial method ↗