# Politics by Aristotle

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Politics by Aristotle and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different government types, and its problems are still relevant after 2,400 years. One critic calls one of its arguments his weakest.

## Why people recommend it

- Overview of government types' strengths and weaknesses (1 comments): "I would recommend Aristotle's politics for an overview of the strengths and weakness of various government types." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47743204))
- Insightful and informative (1 comments): "is amazingly insightful and informative" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49864282))
- Problems still relevant after 2,400 years (1 comments): "This was a known problem 2,400 years ago." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48864226))

## What people warn about

- Some arguments considered weak (1 comments): "it was, by far, his weakest argument" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46857425))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes](https://hackerapproved.com/p/leviathan.md): 11 recommend
- [Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher](https://hackerapproved.com/p/capitalist-realism.md): 7 recommend
- [The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prince.md): 5 recommend
- [The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay](https://hackerapproved.com/p/federalist-papers.md): 4 recommend
- [The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels](https://hackerapproved.com/p/communist-manifesto.md): 3 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1727816668?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9781727816662) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Politics by Aristotle", https://hackerapproved.com/p/politics/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).