This is why Aristotle does not regard the study of politics as one

这就是为什么亚里士多德不把
social science among others.

研究政治学当作研究其他学科那样
It is rather what he calls the master science that determines the

他更像是一部决定内部等级与名次的
rank and place of all the others within the polity.

主导科学
His study of the regime, that is to say the underlying

他研究的政体换言之就是
constitutional principles that govern each order is what

区别于其他社会学科的管理人的
distinguishes Aristotle from the other social scientists.

最根本的宪法原则
When you came into this class in the beginning of the semester,

当你走进这间科室开始你这个学期的
you may have thought you were just signing up for a class

学业的时候你可能仅仅认为这只是
in political science.

选择学习一门政治科学而已
You did not know, perhaps, that you were coming in to

但你不知道其实你正要学习的
study what he calls "the master science," the science of sciences,"

是一门主导科学