AEsumnetes, 96 AEthiopia, in what manner the power of the state is there regulated, 112 Alterations in government, whence they arise, 142; what they are, 143 Ambractia, the government of, changed, 151 Andromadas Reginus, a lawgiver to the Thracian Calcidians, 65 Animals, their different provisions by nature, 14; intended by nature for the benefit of man, 14; what constitutes their different species, 113 Animals, tame, why better than wild, 8 Arbitrator and judge, their difference, 49 Architas his rattle, 248 Areopagus, senate of, 63 Argonauts refuse to take Hercules with them, 93 Aristocracies, causes of commotions in them, 157; chief cause of their alteration, 158; may degenerate into an oligarchy, 79 Aristocracy, what, 78; treated of, 120; its object, 121 Art, works of, which most excellent, 20 Artificers and slaves, their difference, 24 Assemblies, public, advantageous to a democracy, 134 Assembly, public, its proper business, 133 Athens, different dispositions of the citizens of, 149 Barter, its original, 15 Being, what the nature of every one is, 3 Beings, why some command, others obey, 2 Body by nature to be governed, 8; requires our care before the soul, 232 Calchis, the government of, changed, 151 Calcidians, 65 Carthaginian government described, 60 Census in a free state should be as extensive as possible, 131; how to be altered, 162 Charondas supposed to be the scholar of Zaleucus, 64 Child, how to be managed when first born, 235; should be taught nothing till he is five years old, 235; how then to be educated, 236 Children, the proper government of, 22; what their proper virtues, 23; what they are usually taught, 240 Cities, how governed at first, 3; what, 3; the work of nature, 3; prior in contemplation to a family, or an individual, 4 Citizen, who is one? 66, 68; should know both how to command and obey, 73 Citizens must have some things in common, 26; should be exempted from servile labour, 51; privileges different in different governments, 68; if illegally made, whether illegal, 69; who admitted to be, 75; in the best states ought not to follow merchandise, 216 City, may be too much one, 27, 35; what, 66, 82; when it continues the same, 70; for whose sake established, 76; its end, 83; of what parts made up, 113; best composed of equals, 126 City of the best form, what its establishment ought to be, 149; wherein its greatness consists, 149; may be either too large or too small, 209; what should be its situation, 211; whether proper near the sea, 211; ought to be divided by families into different sorts of men, 218 City and confederacy, their difference, 37; wherein it should be one, 27