The state aims at satisfying all the needs of man
The ultimate object of the state is the good life
Natural impulse towards political association
Household economy. The Slave. Property. Children and Wives.
The state is composed of households
Slave is a piece of property which is animate (moving human being)— useful for action than for production— but what is “production”?
Slavery is natural — in every department of the natural universe we find the relation of ruler and subject. There are human beings who without possessing reason understand it— these are natural slaves.
Who are *NOT* natural slaves?
Even Aristotle says some people condemned slavery— especially when “free men” get captured and turned into slaves. “But they are wrong”— haha!
I love Aristotle! His writing is so direct, succinct, to the point.
The natural slate benefits by subjection to a master.
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