Aristotle and Slavery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23733238 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P A Brunt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Pages | 343-388 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Studies in Greek history and thought (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198147831.003.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W4388391083 |
| ISBN | 9780198147831 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Among the Greeks and Romans and all peoples known to them slavery was ubiquitous. In many communities slaves were doubtless employed only or chiefly as household servants, but in those which were economically most advanced, such as Athens, where Aristotle passed much of his life, or Rome, they also worked in the fields and the mines, and as craftsmen, traders, secretaries, accountants, teachers, doctors and public servants; they shaped and decorated the most admired vases of antiquity, and transcribed its literary master pieces. We cannot determine their numbers for any period or region, nor the exact proportion of the labour force that they constituted. Probably free workers always preponderated, peasants, craftsmen, and labourers who worked for a daily wage; it was not profitable to employ slaves who had to be maintained throughout the year in seasonal or merely intermittent work, though a large household establishment might be kept up for the splendour that it shed on the owner.
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Economic history · Greeks · Period (music) · Political science · Wage · Work (physics) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2024 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |