...solely by their appetites, causing endless civic harm. The basis for slavery, he wrote, is innate: "From the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule.""" Upon his death, Aristotle's personal property included fourteen slaves. There were some contrary voices...

...solely by their appetites, causing endless civic harm. The basis for slavery, he wrote, is innate: "From the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule."160 Upon his death, Aristotle's personal property included fourteen slaves. There were some contrary...

...custom which could exist only among the savages (Bandyopadhyaya 1927: 207-11). According to Aristode, 'from the hour of their birth some are marked out for subjection and some for command' (Aristotle quoted in Bottomore 1973: 125). Conclusion Kautilya's Arthasastra...

...each pair one member is superior to the other and hence is given the obligation to rule or govern. "For that some should rule and others be ruled is...birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule."8 As we noted in discussion of 3:11, Aristotle assumed that Greeks, by nature superior to barbarians,...

...is expedient and right, or rather is not all slavery a violation of nature?" And he answers clearly: "That some should rule and others be ruled is a thing...birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule."4 In the early Christian era, Augustine connected slavery with sin. He writes, "We believe that...

...Greek society was founded on the institution of slavery, which Aristotle defends on the ground that 'from the hour of their birth some are marked out for subjection, others for rule'.8 Although slaves were treated in social life as equals, the Athenian slave was not free. Aristotle's...

...246). 3. Aristotle is fairly representative in this respect. See Politics, I. v: But is there any one thus intended by nature to be a slave, and for whom...some are marked out for subjection, others for rule. 4. Jefferson, "Letter to Henry Lee" (May 8, 1825). This is probably an oversimplification. There was...

...the rule of masters over slaves and of husbands over wives — is natural and permanent (1.5-7, 12): For that some should rule and others be ruled is a...some are marked out for subjection, others for rule Although there may be exceptions to the order of nature, the male is by nature fitter for command than...

...James G. Lennox, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, p. 233. 14. See Politics I. 5. 1254a21-3, 'That some should rule and others be ruled, is a thing...some are marked out for subjection, others for rule.' 15. See John E. Hare, 'Eleutheriotes in Aristotle's Ethics', Ancient Philosophy 8 (1988), 19-32. The...

...and of fact. For that some should rule and others be ruled is a thing not only necessary, but also expedient; from the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule ... But that those who take the opposite view have in a certain way right on their side, may be easily...