What was Plato's opinion on slavery in Greece?
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Plato, owner of five slaves at the time of his death, describes the very rich as owning 50 slaves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Greece The greatest thinkers of antiquity, Aristotle and Plato, defended slavery with the “Human Nature” argument. They said: “It is human nature which makes the Greeks – a civilised people –enslave the conquered barbarians and all other peoples. It is on account of human nature that there exists inequality among men and the oppression of some by others.” http://www.marxists.org/archive/rappoport/1928/socialism.htm
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I heard he defended it but said slaves should only be drawn from barbarians and foreigners
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