Philosophy for the People cover image

Aristotle's Politics | Book 1, Part 1

Philosophy for the People

CHAPTER

Aristotle's Views on Natural Slavery

Aristotle says there are instruments that we have that we need to do our work. Some of them are animate and some of them are inanimate. An instrument is only valuable in terms of what it can produce distinct from itself. So like a hammer, a tool is an inanimate instrument. And you could have an animate instrument like he says your assistant is. What do you think? Because it really depends on how much time you want to spend on it. I don't mind if you go into it now. If the professor is ready, let's just get it done. Yeah. Cool.

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner