Aristotle's Politics

Two Arts

What are the two "arts" discussed at the beginning of I.8?

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First, a summary of Aristotle’s approach to the question. At the beginning of Chapter 8, he offers a distinction that comes first and is thus most fundamental to the discussion of money. This is the distinction between “the art of getting wealth” and “the art of managing a household” (1256a).

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