Nature would like to distinguish between the bodies of freemen and slaves, making the one strong for servile labor, the other upright, and although useless for such services, useful for political life in the arts both of war and peace.
— Aristotle Ancient

Philosopher, logic, natural science

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Aristotle, Politics 1.5, 1254b27-34

Date / Period

c. 350 BCE

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Shocking

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