1. Slavery in Athens
... stronger more willful souls than those who are meant to serve. As Aristotle stated: "the soul rules the body with the authority of a master," and that "the rule of the body by the soul, and the rule of the passionate part by the rational, is in accordance with nature and beneficial," and therefore they were justified in saying that the strong willed souls were intended ... the Greeks felt "a man naturally is strong of body, and capable of enduring the fatigue of heat and cold, of traveling and undergoing the harsher exercise; so that it seems as if nature had appointed him to look after...
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