“God-Like Men” and the Rule of Law: Uncovering Aristotle’s Teaching on the Legislator

• In Event: The Ancients on Leading and Living Well in the Political Community

Brief Overview

Aristotle’s idea of the legislator resolves the issues remaining in the dispute between the “best man” and the rule of law in Politics III. He helps link the supreme honor of political founding to yielding to the rule of law.

Author

• Zachary Coddington, University of Notre Dame