The order of the first paragraph is

The order of the first paragraph is disturbed by the repetition or the statement that every community aims at some good. The meaning will be clearer if drawn out in a technical form :
Every community aims at some good:
Every city is a community : and therefore
Every city aims at some good.
Upon which resis a second syllogism with added determinants:
Whereas all communities aim at some good,
the highest aim at the highest good:
The city is the highest community ; and therefore
The city aims at the highest good.
Compare the opening or the Nicom. Ethics,