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Ancient contents - Book IV · Contents.IV.heading–Contents.IV.7-13
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p. 1746Βιβλίον Δʹ
Τὰ δὲ τοῦ τετάρτου βιβλίου ἐστὶ ταῦτα· πρῶτον
1. Περὶ πολιτείας.
2. δεύτερον· Περὶ νόμων καὶ ἐθῶν.
3. Περὶ δήμου.
4. Περὶ τῶν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι δυνατῶν.
5. Περὶ ἀρχῆς καὶ περὶ τοῦ ὁποῖον χρὴ εἶναι τὸν ἄρχοντα.
6. Ὅτι κάλλιστον ἡ μοναρχία.
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7. Ὑποθῆκαι περὶ βασιλείας.
8. Ψόγος τυραννίδος.
9. Περὶ πολέμου.
10. Περὶ τόλμης.
11. Περὶ νεότητος.
12. Περὶ στρατηγῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν κατὰ πόλεμον χρειῶν ὑποθῆκαι.
13. Περὶ εἰρήνης.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Ancient contents - Book IV
p. 1747Ancient contents · Book IV
The chapters of the fourth book are these. First:
1. On civic government.
2. Second, on laws and customs.
3. On the people.
4. On the powerful in cities.
5. On rule and on what a ruler ought to be like.
6. That monarchy is best.2109
7-13 · Kingship, war, and peace
7. Precepts on kingship.
8. Censure of tyranny.
9. On war.
10. On daring.
11. On youth.
12. On generals, and precepts concerning the requirements of war.
13. On peace.2110
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