There is, obviously, much in the American regime that

在<政治学>第七与第八课的主题里
Aristotle would have found admirable,

有着亚里士多德发现美式政体中
even though it does not conform to his idea of the best regime,

虽然不符合他心中的最佳政体却
which is the subject of the last two books of the Politics,

仍然值得称赞的
Book VII and VIII.

地方
Aristotle is very sketchy here about the structure, the institutional

亚里士多德对于制度上的结构
structure, the make up of the best regime,

最佳政体的组成都是粗略地描述
acknowledging the best regime is one where the best men rule.

仅仅承认最佳政体需要最优秀的人统治
That is to say, it is a kind of aristocracy or an

也就是说这是一种贵族政治或者说
aristocratic republic.

是贵族共和国
I want to talk about this regime a little bit now,

现在我将更多地谈论到这种政体
what Aristotle understands to be the requirements or the fulfillments,

亚里士多德认为这种贵族共和国的