successfully controls for the theme of faction.

不同派系的这个社会制度
The essential feature of this regime, the polity, which in fact he gives

政体希腊人称之"politea"
the name politea, the generic Greek word for regime.

的这种社会制度基本的特征
The polity is the regime that represents, for Aristotle,

亚里士多德认为这种政体组织是
a mixture of the principles of oligarchy and democracy.

寡头政治和民主政治混合成所表现的
Therefore, he says, avoids dominance by either extreme.

他认为因此而避免了两种极端的统治
By combining elements, as it were, of the few and the many,

结合原理似乎说是不论是多是少
polity is characterized by the dominance of the middle class,

这种政体的特征是它是由中产阶级
the middle group.

所统治的
The middle class, he says, is able to achieve the

他认为中产阶级能够得到
confidence of both extreme parties where at least it is sufficiently

两种极端党派的信任或者说它能充分的
numerous to avoid the problems of class struggle and factional

避免阶级斗争和造成派系分裂的冲突