Chapter VI Aristotle

On the basis of this prejudice, he builds his argument for domestic economy (οἰκονομική) as opposed to false finance.⁷⁴⁰ We will therefore consider his entire theory of this relation at this point, for the term “chrematistik,” though more inclusive than exchange (μεταβλητική), has trade in either goods or money (καπηλική) as its predominating element, and the two terms are often used by him as synonyms. He employs the word χρηματιστική in several significations—usually of unnatural finance, or the art of money-making by exchange of goods or money; sometimes as synonymous with κτητική, the general term for the entire business of acquisition, including both natural and unnatural finance;⁷⁴¹ again, of the natural finance, which is a part of domestic economy. His confusion results partly from his futile attempt to separate landed property from general industry