Myth: Aristotle Defended Slavery

Many people these days spread the idea that Aristotle “supported”, “defended”, “approved” slavery. And therefore he was a terrible person. He was worse than us, nice and advanced people.

It is a terrible thing to promote the idea that the greatest minds of Antiquity were... bad and stupid people. The subject of slavery, different types of slavery throughout the history, slavery in Ancient Greece, definitions of slavery, etc - this is a complex subject that can’t be covered in one short video. But there are several things to address here in regards to Aristotle and in general. Like, this the wild habit transporting modern concepts and ideas into the distant past for the sake of judging people there.