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concentration of property.

财产共有作出批评
Yet, despite his awareness of the importance of commerce and the

尽管他意识到商业贸易与
importance of property, the aim of the city,

财产的重要性然而他告诉我们
he tells us, is not wealth, is not the production of wealth.

城市的目的并不是财富不是创造财富
In that way it would be useful to make a contrast between Aristole

在这方面将亚里士多德与
and someone like Adam Smith,the great author of

<国富论>的作者亚当·史密斯比较
The Wealth of Nations.

对你的认识很有益处
If wealth were the purpose of politics, Aristotle writes,

亚里士多德写道如果财富是政治的
the Phoenicians, you might say, in the ancient world--

目的那就可以这样说远古世纪
the Phoenicians were the commercial people par excellence--

出类拔萃的商人腓尼基人的
the Phoenicians would be the best regime.

政体是最好的
But he denies that.

但他否认这说法