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Aristotle Views on Slavery

Aristotle Views on Slavery Aristotle is regarded as father of political science, for  his empirical way of understanding and realist approach, rather than utopian Plato, his teacher. Aristotle, define property as non-living like house, land etc and animate like Slaves, according to Aristotle, slaves are essential for survival of a fit system. Aristotle, maintain that a slave is to be ruled full of despotism and should be exhausted for all manual works, to let his owner a more leisure time. ARISTOTLE JUSTICATION OF SLAVERY BY SAYING IT NATURAL 1- First of all he regards slavery as NATURAL, according to him inferior bow down to superior, women to men, animal to men and in this same manner, slave is made to bow down to his owner. 2-  Nature had endowed, every man with different virtues and quality, some are dumb and fool, while some are far more incredible in quality of virtue, so by it Aristotle defend slavery. 3- Everything have a pre determined function to do, like eyes are to