The idea that all people are equal as individuals only emerged in the modern era. Just because Aristotle affirms slavery, it's not fair to criticize Aristotle's argument on that basis. Apart from that, Aristotle was early in the historical process and we should not judge him ex post facto.You know, that's not such an easy task, TicketYou'll need to study a lot about political science and law...We need to take her to Tachyon's lab. Taishin, please contact herGot it.She's beyond our help.First, Aristotle has this to say about the polis. If all nations are, as we see them, a community, and all communities are created for something good, because all men do whatever they do for what they think is good, then clearly all communities aim at some good, and among them, too, the highest and best of all good is the highest and best community that includes all other communities within itself, and that is what we call the state (polis), or community of nations.Aristotle is sometimes criticized as follows: "Certainly Aristotle is to be commended for his affirmation of the republican state, but the reality is that his state is built on slavery."
By today's standards, this is true, but we must not forget that Aristotle's "state" is referring only to the Greek polis.
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