Even Aristotle's Logic? 🙀
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Absolutely.
We should evaluate all ideas with a critical mind.
While I respect Aristotle in many areas, he was also wrong on a number of positions from a liberty perspective. Like most other Greeks of his time he supported slavery. This was likely a result of the contemporary culture. In wars, prisoners of war were often captured as slaves rather than killed. The silver mines of Athens were operated by slave labor.
Hard to come back from your answer. Kind of flawless. Maybe I could defend him a little regarding to slavery, I mean he couldn't control the whole Greece with his thinking. Not yet anyway 😊
And a little more context...
Plato writes what Socrates gives away only orally. He founded his academy where Aristotle studies for two decades. Geometry was highly required for anyone joining that said academy. Then Aristotle splits starting his own practice, everything culminating with the training of Alexander the Great and his generals, to say the least. The rest is history and a neverending lesson for the ages to come. Aristotle's teachings were so intense that when Alexander entered Egypt to conquer it he was recieved with open arms by the locals. This is the ultimate proof that the ancient wisdom is beautiful both in theory and in practice, not to mention its effectiveness.
One or two more thing maybe... First, there's the discussion about the translations of Aristotle's work. And second, like Michelangelo didn't do all the sculpting by himself, a similar thing probably happened with Aristotle's legacy. It was more a collective effort, but yes, Aristotle was the top dog within his organization.
The fact that we're having this conversation is a sign bitcoin is winning on so many levels. Suddenly, there's so much time for us to go back and study the ancients. I guess, thanks Satoshi! 😁