Natural Associations/Development of them

    Man and Woman - procreation
    Family - every day needs
    Village - More than daily needs; less than self-sufficing
    State - nearly self-sufficing

All of these are natural, and within them there are natural rulers and natural servants; there are those who are naturally superior and those who are naturally inferior.  For Aristotle, the best, the wisest, the most rational, ought to rule.

For Aristotle, the state is the highest of all communities.  It aims at the good in a higher degree than any of the other, smaller, less complete communities.

The state is prior to the individual.  The individual is not self-sufficing.
    Husband and Wife
        Servants and Slaves - there are natural slaves
            Children

Governments regarding the common interest are best; those with the interest only of the rulers are defective.
 
 

	One	Few	Many
True State	Monarchy	Aristocracy	Polity/Constitution
Perverted State	Tyranny	Oligarchy	Rule of the Masses

Justice:  Distributive and Rectificatory

Distributive - equals should receive equal shares; unequals should receive unequal shares.
Rectificatory - to repair damage - to return the condition of equality or fairness that existed prior to a wrong done to a person or institution.