Chapter Schiavitù, natura, barbarie e guerra nella Politica di Aristotele
Abstract
Are all the barbarians slaves by nature according to Aristotle? This contribution intends to answer this question, in the awareness that the theme of natural slavery is one of the most complex and tormented in Aristotelian philosophy. Through the analysis of some significant passages of the Politics, the article aims to show that for Aristotle natural slavery is not linked to ethnic categories, but to ethics one, therefore it does not necessarily and exclusively concern the barbarians. For this reason, the paper argues that Aristotelian thought seems to deviate, in a critical key, from the dominant ideology in the Greece of its time.
Keywords
Aristotle; natural slavery; barbariansDOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.09ISBN
9791221503197, 9791221503197Publisher
Firenze University PressPublisher website
https://www.fupress.com/Publication date and place
Florence, 2024Series
Studi e saggi, 257Classification
General and world history