Footnote 1Book 7 in some editions, Book 8 in others.We have already discussedFootnote 2Book 4, 1297b 35 ff. how many and what are the varieties of the deliberative body or sovereign power in the state, and of the system of magistracies and of law-courts, and which variety is adapted to which form of constitution, and alsoFootnote 3Book 5. the destruction of constitutions and their preservation, from what sort of people they originate and what are their causes. But as a matter of fact since there have come into existence several kinds of democracy and similarly of the other forms of constitution, it will be well at the same time to considerFootnote 41318b—1319a 6. any point that remains about these varieties, and also determine the mode of organization appropriate and advantageous for each. And further we must also investigateFootnote 5These topics do not occur in the extant work. the combinations of all the modes of organizing the actual departments of state that have been mentioned,Footnote 6i.e. the deliberative, executive and judicial, see 1297b 41 ff.
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