1. Politics, 1.2, 1252b30-1253a1. (The translation used throughout is Aristotle. The Politics, translated by Carnes Lord. The University of Chicago Press/ Chicago. ©1984.)

2. Politics, 2.2, 1261a23-25.

3. Politics, 3.4, 1276b36-1277a1.

4. This itemization is drawn directly from Politics, 4.4, 1290b40-1291a35.

5. Politics, 1.5, 1254b20.

6. Politics, 3.13, 1284a5-a10.

7. Politics, 3.17, 1288a10-a20.

8. Politics, 3.17, 1287b40-1288a5.

9. Politics, 3.13, 1284a1.

10. See Aristotle’s discussion on just claims ‘in the dispute’, in 3.12, 1283a15.

11. Politics, 7.13, 1331b40-1332a1.

12. Politics, 7.13, 1332a30-a35.

13. Politics, 7.13, 1332b5.

14. Politics, 7.15, 1334a25-a35.