Packet 4: Tossup 6

Jeremy Waldron called this ancient text’s claim that many people can pool their shares of excellence to act as a single body “the doctrine of the wisdom of the multitude.” Practical advice like which wind is healthiest is provided in this text’s Book (-5[1])VII, (-5[1])which Werner Jaeger argued was written in a different period (-5[1])than its three (-5[1])preceding books. (-5[3])A six-part taxonomy in this text is often presented (-5[1])as a cross table with columns of “correct” and “deviant” and rows of (15[1])(*) one, (10[2])the few, and the many. (10[1])This text infamously compares (10[1])its title subject (10[1])to the (-5[1])householder’s power over (-5[1])both women and those it calls “natural (10[1])slaves.” (10[1]-5[2])This text (10[1])concludes (-5[1])that a (10[1])mixed constitution is (10[1])best. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])“man is by nature” (-5[1])an “animal” concerned (10[1])with the title (10[2])subject (10[3])according (-5[1])to what Aristotle (10[2])treatise (10[1])on the city-state? (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[2])

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