Aristotle’s Politics

Oct. 25 – We will resume Politics I.2. In the first two paragraphs, Aristotle distinguishes the woman from the slave, saying that they are not the same for civilized people, but they are the same for barbaric people. The household naturally arises from a combination of the man-and-woman partnership and the master-and-slave association. In this household, children presumably are treated as non-masters.
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How fascinating! Let us read on.
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We are live-reading Aristotle's Politics, the treatise on the practical governance of the city-state for the sake of enabling and promoting its citizens individually to flourish.
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The prerequisite to this treatise is a familiarity with Aristotelian ethics—whether that be Nicomachean ethics, Eudemian Ethics, or Magna Moralia.
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The project's cloud drive is here, at which you'll find the reading texts, notes, and slideshows.