(From his work, "Politics," circa 350 CE)<br /><br />Let us discuss the household, since the state is composed of housholds. First as to slavery. The slave is a piece of property which is animate, and useful for action rather than for 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. Hence slavery itself is condmend by some; but they are wrong. The natural slave benefits by subjection to a master.
(From his work, "Politics," circa 350 CE)<br /><br />Let us discuss the household, since the state is composed of housholds. First as to slavery. The slave is a piece of property which is animate, and useful for action rather than for 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. Hence slavery itself is condmend by some; but they are wrong. The natural slave benefits by subjection to a master.