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Slavery in Aristotle
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Slavery in Aristotle
Examines philosopher's social, political & moral rationale for slavery & man's rule over women in household.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
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1999
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"Aristotle's treatment of politics and rule begins, not with a discussion of elections and public administration but rather with a treatment of property, and not real (land) or personal (movable) property but rather persons as property, or slaves. Slaves are classified, not according as they do physical labor but according as they belong to (hence are subordinate to) part of a fundamental environment of rational human experience, the management of the household. The treatment of slaves as an aspect of household management is crucial because Aristotle conceptualizes the household in the same manner as he conceptualizes the political environment, as the highest and best expression of human rationality.Human rationality is a naturally occurring, organic structure, and so are its products. For example, Aristotle refers to the.."
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