 But is there any one thus intended by nature to be a slave, and for whom such a condition is expedient and right, or rather is not all slavery a violation of nature? There is no difficulty in answering this question, on grounds both of reason and of fact....  The Politics of Aristotle - Page cvby Aristotle - 1885Full view - About this book
 | Chana B. Cox - 2006 - 302 pages
...rather is not all slavery a violation of nature? There is no difficulty in answering this question, on grounds both of reason and of fact. For that some...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... | |
 | Mary Ann Beavis - 182 pages
...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... | |
 | Michael C. Banner, Alan Torrance - 2006 - 246 pages
...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... | |
 | Christos Evangeliou - 2006 - 260 pages
...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... | |
 | Ronald J. Kernaghan - 2007 - 358 pages
...assumed fact of life. Aristotle, for example, held that slavery was part of the natural order of life: "For that some should rule and others be ruled is...some are marked out for subjection, others for rule" (19^4:1990). The death of the Son of God at the hands of the ruling elite in Jerusalem exposed the... | |
 | William Hague - 2007 - 644 pages
...complicated task: to lead in Parliament a campaign to abolish the slave trade. 6 The Trade in Flesh and Blood From the hour of their birth, some are marked out for subjection, others for rule. ARISTOTLE, Politics (35080)1 The Negro-Trade and the natural Consequences resulting from it, may be... | |
 | David Cawthon - 132 pages
...rather is not all slavery a violation of nature? There is no difficulty in answering this question, on grounds both of reason and of fact. For that some...some are marked out for subjection, others for rule — Whereas the lower animals cannot even apprehend a principle; they obey their instincts. And indeed... | |
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