<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> What does Aristotle regard as the conditions of a legitimate relationship between political rule and the law? The interpretation of Aristotelian politics in this study shows that the central political project of the modern age – namely, the grounding and implementation of the natural rights of the individual – can be conceptualized as the continuation and embodiment of Aristotle’s political philosophy rather than a radical break from it.