🔒 Aristotle, Slavery, and the Entirety of Philosophy

Subscriber-only episode In preparing to begin an entire series on Plato's longest dialogue the "Laws,” I use an almost casual comment by Aristotle in his discussion (or logos) on slavery in the Politics to discuss the way in which inquiry into the art of politics unfolds, and almost immediately (!), into the entirety of philosophy. Among other things, I place great emphasis on the following in this discussion: 1.) The status of political philosophy in relation to philosophy or, alternat...