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If this is true, Aristotle's Politics
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seems to stand condemned as the most antidemocratic book ever written.
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Is that true?
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Aristotle's claim about naturalness
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seems to require, as he told us, slavery,
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the categorical distinction of humanity into masters and slaves.
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How to understand that?
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Again, Aristotle's argument is deeply compact
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and will be easily misunderstood if you only read it once.
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It will just as likely be misunderstood
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if you read it three, four, five, or ten times,
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if you are not attentive to what he's saying.