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Politics is a work of political philosophy by Aristotle. The title of the book literally means “the things concerning the polis.” The end of the Nicomachean Ethics declared that the inquiry into ethics necessarily follows into politics, and the two works are considered to be parts of a larger treatise, or perhaps connected lectures, dealing with the “philosophy of human affairs.” There are eight books that comprise the work. In Book I, Aristotle discusses the city (polis) or “political community” as opposed to other types of communities and partnerships such as the household and village. The highest form of community is the polis. Book I concludes with Aristotle’s assertion that the proper object of household rule is the virtuous character of one’s wife and children, not the management of slaves or the acquisition of property.