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Aristotle
By: antihellenistic Date: March 5, 2023, 5:07 am
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Aristotle, the First Ideological Elitist, Eurocentrist,
Capitalist, and Racialist philosopher
Read only the sentences which given bold with black and red
color if you don't have time
Elitist view of Aristotle :
[quote]"Secondary and traded labor is not only time-consuming,
but also makes people unfit for activities that Aristotle saw
beneficial. Thus, persons engaged in such work are necessary to
the existence of a polis, but cannot strictly belong to it.
Implied in the conception Aristotle of the good life that not
everyone can attain, and it is best for those who cannot achieve
it to serve those who can achieve it."[/quote]
Aristotle Politics introductory page xv
[quote]He saw trade and most manual labor as unfit for a free
man. The work must be left to slaves or non-citizen foreigners
(1328b33-1329b32)[/quote]
Aristotle Politics introductory page xvii until xviii
Aristotle's Anthropocentrism
[quote][size=12pt]1256b15 Likewise obviously we have to believe
that the same rule applies to mature beings. Plants exist for
the benefit of animals, and certain animals exist for the
benefit of other animals. * Domesticated animals help to provide
us, not only with food, but also with other kinds of assistance,
such as providing clothing and similar aids for life. Therefore,
if nature did not make something that is useless or useless,
then all animals must have been made by nature for the benefit
of humans. The same holds true for the arts of war which are in
a sense a natural mode of acquisition. Hunting is part of the
art; and hunting must be carried out, not only of beasts, but
also of men whom nature willed others to rule over and who
refuse to obey that will, for this kind of war is by nature
just.[/quote]
Aristotle's Politics page 22
Aristotle's Humiliating the Lower-Class People
[quote]1258b33 ... Suffice it to say that the work that demands
the most skill is the one that provides the fewest
opportunities: the worst jobs are those that do the most harm to
the body: The most humbling jobs are those that use the most
physical strength: The most ignoble jobs are those where there
is least need to do good.[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 32
Aristotle's Support on Capitalism and Individual Liberty
[quote]1258b39 There are various books on this subject written
by several authors: Kharetides and Paros and Apollodros and
Lemnos have written on the management of cornfields and fields
planted with grapevines and olive trees: others have written on
other subjects; everyone interested should study this topic with
the help of these writings. Collections should also be made for
scattered stories of ways in which different people have
succeeded in making fortunes. All of that is useful for people
who appreciate the art of earning. For example, there is a story
told about Thales and Miletus. * A story about a money-making
plan invented for Thales because of his reputation for wisdom:
but the story includes a principle of general application. He
was reproached for his poverty which was taken as proof of the
uselessness of philosophy; but applying his knowledge of
meteorology (so it was told) that there might come a rich
harvest of olives, and with his little supply, he at the
beginning of the year, paid advances for the rental of all the
olive presses that were in Miletus and Chios; in the absence of
a higher bid, he managed to guarantee the goods at a low rate.
When the season comes, suddenly there is a simultaneous demand
for a number of presses, he releases the supplies he has amassed
at a rate of his own choosing; and by amassing enormous
fortunes, he succeeded in proving that it was easy for
philosophers to become rich if they wanted to, even though it
was not really their business. The story told shows that Thales
proved his own wisdom; but as we have said, the design he
employs is, in essence, the creation of monopoly, including a
principle generally applicable to the art of production.
Therefore, some cities as well as individuals, who use these
resources when they need money establish, for example, a
monopoly in the supply sector. In Sicily a man in whom a sum of
money was deposited, had bought up all the iron from the
ironworks; and after that, when the retailers came from their
store to get supplies, he was the only seller they bought from.
He did not raise prices at arbitrary rates; but in any case he
made a profit of 100 talents for every 50 talents spent. This
speculation reached the ears of Dionysius [the ruler of
Syracuse] and ordered the man to leave the city, although he
allowed him to take his profits with him: the reason being that
his discovery of a profitable way was detrimental to Dionysius's
own interests. But the idea is really the same as Thales; and
all the two men did was establish a private monopoly. But a
knowledge of this method is useful to the statesman - cities,
like households, but to a greater extent, often lack financial
resources and need more means of obtaining them. This is why
some people who pursue political careers limit their political
activities to financial matters.
Practical consideration of the art of acquisition. The division
of art can be made based on practical reasons. Examples of
successful artistic practices, especially through the creation
of monopolies[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 29. See also on page 52 until 54
Part 2 of the information on the next post
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Re: Aristotle
By: antihellenistic Date: March 5, 2023, 7:47 am
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Part 2
Aristotle's view on Citizenship and Foreigner
[quote]1277b33 There is still one question that remains to be
considered with regard to citizens. Is it in the real sense that
citizens are people who are entitled to share in office or
should mechanics* also be included in the level of citizens? If
we assume that persons, who do not share in public offices, are
also citizens, we will have a subset of citizens who will never
achieve the prestige of good citizens (because these people will
also be citizens). . On the other hand, if this type of person
is not a citizen, which class should he be placed in? He is not
an alien resident, nor is he a foreigner. Or shall we say that
this topic does not lead us into the impossibility? Because the
same goes for slaves and freedmen. The truth is that we cannot
include as citizens all the people who are necessary for the
existence of the city. * Likewise, children are not citizens in
the same sense as adult men. Adults are absolutely citizens;
children are only citizens in a limited sense: they are citizens
but have not yet developed. There was a place in ancient times
where mechanics were really made up of only slaves and
foreigners, and this explains why a large number of mechanics
are slaves and foreigners to this day.[/quote]
[quote]1278a8 The best form of a city will not make a mechanic a
citizen. Where mechanics are given nationality we must say that
the excellence of the citizen of which we have been speaking
cannot be attained by every citizen, by all who are merely free
men, but can be attained by one who is free from the necessary
duties of life. People who carry out necessary tasks can be
divided into two classes: slaves, who do it for individuals, and
mechanics and manual laborers, who do it for the
community.[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 112
Aristotle's view on Democracy, His Opposition to
Multiculturalism and Multiethnic Society, His Disagreement on
Autocracy, and His Justification on Ethnic Cleansing and
Expulsion
On Democracy :
[quote]1301a25 ...Democracy arises from an opinion that people
who are the same in one thing are absolutely the same in all
respects. (One tends to think that the fact that they are all
equally born free means that they are all absolutely equal.)
...[/quote]
[quote]1282b14 ... Goodness in politics is justice ; * and
justice lies in that which tends to advance the public interest.
Common opinion makes it exist in a kind of similarity. Up to a
point, this agrees with the philosophical studies that make up
our conclusions about ethics.* ...[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 135
[quote]1283a23 ... (d) Finally, the many have a just claim
against the few: by being gathered together and compared to the
few they are stronger, richer, better.[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 219 until 220
On Centralized Society :
[quote]1295a1 ... Among the barbarian peoples there are some who
have an elected monarch with absolute power and a monarch of the
same type, who are called aisumnetai or [dictator]... This form
of tyranny must exist where a single person rules over people
who are his peers or his superiors, without any form of
accountability, and intended to serve his own interests rather
than the interests of his people. As such, it is a form of
government implemented against citizens who do not want it,
because no free human being voluntarily accepts such a
system.[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 189 until 191
[quote]1306b22 ...A person who has a high position, and the
ability to go even higher, [will encourage factional strife] to
make himself the sole ruler[/quote]
Aristotle Politics Page 242
[quote]1313a34 ... prohibits society from having cultural
purposes, and any association of the same character, and using
every means to make each people as alien as possible to one
another (since knowing one another creates mutual trust); ...
prevalent in Persia and other barbarian lands. ... needed the
secret police ... kept them so busy with their daily chores that
they had no time to conspire.[/quote]
[quote]1313b29 ... The tyrant claims the monopoly of that
quality for himself ; ... the custom of tyrants to prefer
company of foreigners to citizens at public banquets;[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 267
On Multiethnic Society, Foreigners and Multiculturalism
[quote]1303a13 ... A city cannot be formed out of every chance
collection of people or in every chance period of time. Most of
the towns had recognized other people as permanent residents of
Troezen's establishment of Sybaris, but they expelled them when
their numbers increased; and this made their city cursed. At
Thurii the Sybaris quarreled with the other permanent residents,
who had joined them in the colonization of the place; they
demanded special privileges, on the grounds that they owned the
territory, and were expelled from the colony. In Byzantium the
permanent residents who were later discovered to have conspired
against the natives were forcibly deported; and the same
expulsion befell the exiles from Chios who were permitted to
reside in Antissa by the natives. On the other hand, in Zancle,
the natives themselves were banished by the Samians they allowed
to live there. In Apollonia, on the Black Sea, factional
conflict is caused by the introduction of new residents; in
Syracuse the granting of citizenship rights to foreigners and
mercenaries at the end of the period of tyrants, encouraged
sedition and civil war; and at Amphipolis the native citizens,
after allowing in the Chalcidian colonists, were nearly all
expelled by the colonists whom they allowed to settle in the
place.[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 221
[quote]1326b7 ... the point is, the neighborhood of a city or
country should not be too big and not too many people. The ruler
or leader is in charge of dividing government positions that
must be carried out, and making decisions about what people
complain about. Everyone must know each other. A country that is
too big will cause foreigners to enter easily[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 324
Aristotle's view on Race
[quote]1285a16 Another type of kingdom is the kind found among
some barbarian societies. Kingdoms of this type all have the
same authority as tyranny; but, nevertheless, governed by law,
and hereditary from father to son. The reason is that these
barbarians were more servile than Greeks (just as Asians were
more servile than Europeans); and because of that, they accept
the despotic ruler without any complaint. Thus these kingdoms
have a tyrannical character; but, because they comply with the
law, they are also stable. For the same reason the bodyguards
employed in the cities are befitting of kings, and not befitting
of tyrants. The kings were escorted by troops from their
subjects; the tyrants were escorted by foreign troops. By ruling
according to law, and with the consent of their subjects, kings
have bodyguards taken from their people: the tyrant has
bodyguards [foreign] to protect himself and his people.[/quote]
Aristotle Politics page 148
[quote]3. The proper natural aptitude for our citizens is
suggested by a comparison of three nations in the colder regions
of Europe; Asians and Greeks. The first people were high in
spirit, but lacking in devotion and intelligence: the second had
skill and intelligence, but lacking in spirit: the Greeks
combined both sets of qualities. The legislator will naturally
prefer the combined talent ; he will not, as Plato did, attach
too much importance to the high spirit factor - valuable while
it is in his environment[/quote]
[quote]3. The proper natural aptitude for our citizens is
suggested by a comparison of three nations in the colder regions
of Europe; Asians and Greeks. The first people were high in
spirit, but lacking in devotion and intelligence: the second had
skill and intelligence, but lacking in spirit: the Greeks
combined both sets of qualities. The legislator will naturally
prefer the combined talent ; he will not, as Plato did, attach
too much importance to the high spirit factor - valuable while
it is in his environment[/quote]
[quote]1327b18 We have discussed the exact standard for
determining the number of citizens. We must now consider what
kinds of natural talents they must have had. non-Greeks in their
distribution throughout the inhabited world. People in cold
lands in general and Europeans in particular are full of
enthusiasm, but less skilled and less intelligent; and this is
why they remain somewhat free, but achieve no political
development and show no capacity to rule over others. The
peoples of Asia were gifted with skills and intelligence but
lacked enthusiasm and this is why they continued to be conquered
people and slaves.* The descendants of the Greeks, who lived in
a mid-geographical position, combined the qualities of both
these peoples. He has passion as well as intelligence. It is
because of this that he continues to be free, has the highest
political development, and is able to rule over every other
nation - in case he ever achieves political unity. * The same
type of distinction is found within the Greek nation itself.
Some of them have only one side of nature: others exhibit a
happy mix of passion and intelligence.[/quote]
Aristotle Politics pages 328 to 329
During his reign, Hitler tend to close to foreigners, seeing his
most loyal troops were Waffen SS group which composed of foreign
peoples other than "White Europeans". And his government were
authoritarian which considered by Aristotle as aisumnetai, or
dictator, or a tyrant. Hitler tend to close to the nations which
it's people are not same like "whites" or foreigners like the
"Africans", Japanese, and Arabs. Even he make German more
hostile to the fellow "whites" rather than other "non-whites"
across the world, which contrary to the "general will" of German
people who are always close to their fellow "whites" outside
Germany for a long time. For the rational people, he is not "a
despot" and "barbarian" but high quality individual who led the
masses.
Same like how Ottoman Islamic Empire works, it govern their
people with centralized leadership and opposed democracy to keep
multi-ethnic society united and prevent monopolistic economic
way of life. Their foreign troops which like Waffen SS were
Jannissary. For the rational people the Islamic Caliphate was
not "a despot" and "barbarian" but high quality individual who
led the masses.
Hitler's system of government and worldview tend to close to
Islam rather than the Western Civilization. Therefore Hitler was
an easterner, not a westerner. Remember again his recorded
conversations.
[quote]I am sure that the Japanese, the Chinese and the peoples
of Islam will always be closer to us than, for example, France,
in spite of the fact that we are related by blood[/quote]
Source : Bormann, Martin – Testament of Adolf Hitler
(Hitler-Bormann Documents) page 54 paragraph 2
[quote]Answering Roosevelt’s charge that an (unidentified)
Africa nation had its independence curtailed by Germany: “As for
the fact, however, that one nation in Africa is alleged have
lost its freedom – that too is but an error; for it is not a
question of one nation in Africa having lost its freedom – on
the contrary practically all the previous inhabitants of this
continent have been made subject to the sovereignty of other
nations by bloody force, thereby losing their freedom.
Moroccans, Berbers, Arabs, Negroes, &c., have all fallen victim
to a foreign might, the swords of which, however, were not
inscribed ‘Made in Germany’, but ‘Made by the Democracies’.” –
Hitler’s Reply to Roosevelt, Reichstag 28 April 1939.[/quote]
Source : 13. David Brockschmidt, "History Lessons from the
Memory Hole - Let them eat their own words,"
HTML http://adelaideinstitute.org/newsletters/n248.htm
Remember again his recorded domestic policy.
[quote]Martin Bormann issued a circular to all Gauleiters
(regional leaders) in March 1936 calling for employment
protection of Africans and Afro Germans living and working in
Germany. This order flew in the face of the 1935 Nuremberg
Laws.21[/quote]
Source : Kuzniar-Clark - Black Nazis II Ethnic Minorities and
Foreigners in Hitler's Armed Forces Page 46 (PDF format's page)
paragraph 1
[quote]While many Africans and AfroGermans were discriminated
against in NS Germany, the NS government never advocated or
endorsed lynching of blacks, nor was racism against Africans
institutionalized. Independent researcher Friedrich Berg, a man
born during World War II, said that German children admired
Jesse Owens, and looked up to him in spite of his race.17 This
was relayed to Mr. Berg by a man who lived in NS Germany at the
time. There is no reason to doubt the veracity of this man’s
claim: Germans cheered Owens and repeatedly chanted his
name—“Jess-ah Ovens, Jessah O-vens”—at the 1936 Olympic Games
in Berlin. Uniformed SS men watched him race and eagerly
applauded his victory. Owens told the press that he was not
forced to sit at the back of German buses, nor was he disallowed
to stay at the nicest hotels.[/quote]
Source : Kuzniar-Clark - Black Nazis II Ethnic Minorities and
Foreigners in Hitler's Armed Forces Page 45 paragraph 1 and page
46 paragraph 1
Other Hitler's race views and it's policies can be seen on
Christian Bethel's post. Thank you so much for helping this
forum, your work never be forgotten. See this link to see :
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Re: Aristotle
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 5, 2023, 7:35 pm
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"Hitler was an easterner, not a westerner"
This is not a dichotomy we recommend. The main problem is that
Russia is located east relative to Germany, therefore to suggest
that Hitler was an "easterner" makes it sound like he is more
similar to Russians, which he himself would surely disagree
with! A north-south dichotomy is more meaningful:
HTML http://aryanism.net/blog/aryan-sanctuary/our-enemies-admit-hitler-was-not-rightist-but-judaism-is/
[quote]"We know to-day why our ancestors were not attracted to
the East, but rather to the South. Because all the regions lying
east of the Elbe were like what Russia is for us to-day. The
Romans detested crossing the Alps. The Germanic peoples, on the
other hand, were very fond of crossing them—but in the opposite
direction. … For any Roman, the fact of being sent to Germania
was regarded as a punishment—rather like what it used to mean to
us to be sent to Posen. You can imagine those rainy, grey
regions, transformed into quagmires as far as eye could see. The
megalithic monuments were certainly not places of worship, but
rather places of refuge for people fleeing from the advance of
the mud. The countryside was cold, damp, dreary.” – Adolf
Hitler[/quote]
See also:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/temperature-effects/
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Re: Aristotle
By: antihellenistic Date: March 6, 2023, 3:33 am
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Aristotle's contribution to the Renaissance and Western
Civilization
[quote]In his introduction to Politics, Barker includes an
account of the later history of Aristotle's political theory, in
which he notes that while Aristotle himself was still active,
Alexander his former student was ending the kind of world
presumed by Politics - a world in which the basic political unit
is the polis. a self-sufficient and free polis, a world in which
the basic political unit is a self-sufficient and free polis, a
world in which the distinction between Greeks and barbarians is
fundamental. Undoubtedly, as a result of this change Politics
underwent a long period of oblivion, from which it was rescued
by St. Thomas Aquinas. Through this man some of his very
important doctrines entered into later medieval thought. These
doctrines included "the doctrine that law is sovereign, and that
the government is the servant of law; the doctrine that there is
a fundamental difference between a law-abiding monarch and a
tyrant who rules of his own accord; the doctrine that there is
an inherent right of the people, on the basis of its collective
ability to make judgments, elect rulers and hold them
accountable." Ideas such as these were absorbed by later writers
such as Hooker, Locke, and Burke. Thus, Barker claims, his
political legacy can be summed up in one word:
"constitutionalism".[/quote]
Aristotle Politics introductory pages xxxiii to xxxiv
[quote]Here we can avoid using the term "inheritance", as if
Aristotle's will (which in fact was preserved by Diogenes
Laertius), besides making provisions for people who depended on
him, also made a bequest addressed deliberately to political
thinkers twentieth century. Of course philosophers did not leave
this type of legacy. More precisely, his successors chose
consciously or unconsciously to adopt and adopt some of their
doctrines while discarding others. But even on these terms,
Barker's explanation would now seem shortsighted. What he does
not mention is that Aristotle, of the Greek Polis as a unified
ethical community, has enabled human beings to find their own
identity within the collective life of their city. Marx, who is
an investigator of Greek philosophy, obtained the same idea and
source that a society is a substance, a whole which precedes the
individual. Of course the totalitarian state founded by
twentieth century Marxists has gone very far from Aristotle's
ideals, which is why this person who seeks a different
understanding of Marx emphasizes his Aristotelian roots.[/quote]
Aristotle Politics introductory page xxxv
The strange is, the book's writer did not consider Hitler and
Islamic Caliphate influenced by Aristotle's doctrine. Even
though there's some people who consider Hitler was same like
Aristotle but being dictator, and some people who consider
Islamic Caliphate was contributing on reviving and implemented
Aristotle's doctrine. Therefore being National Socialist means
being anti-Aristotelian and to be ready to got called as
"tyrant", "despot", or aisumnetai
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Re: Aristotle
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 6, 2023, 9:33 pm
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"some people who consider Islamic Caliphate was contributing on
reviving and implemented Aristotle's doctrine"
There is nothing to suggest that Mohammed himself was familiar
with Aristotelianism, let alone incorporated it into his
teachings. The idea of the "Islamic Renaissance" was debunked
here:
HTML https://trueleft.createaforum.com/ancient-world/islamic-golden-age-philosophy-and-humanities/msg3695/#msg3695
This is also part of why I keep recommending the use of the term
"Mohammedan" as a positive label to contrast with those who call
themselves "Muslims" but are actually more neo-Aristotelian than
anything else.
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Re: Aristotle
By: antihellenistic Date: March 7, 2023, 7:44 pm
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Religious Support on Constitutionalism
[quote]Constitutionalism reflects the phases of human nature as
taught by Hebraic and Christian doctrines. Because of sin, human
nature is no longer free from pollution and corruption. Man is a
fallen disposition, corrupted and destroyed by original sin.
Humans live in the nature created by God but it is a world that
is disturbed by alienation from God. A political philosophy
"based on a view which sees man and the world remaining in
harmony from an untouched origin of creation quite clearly
proves inadequate when it comes to the reality of human
existence and social life." In this perspective of the concept
of human nature, the Christian tradition holds that it is unwise
to entrust the leadership of society to individuals or groups of
individuals who have unlimited and haphazard power.[/quote]
Political Philosophy by Henry Schmandt page 18
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Medieval Western Christendom
By: antihellenistic Date: March 7, 2023, 8:22 pm
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It was not "Blacks" who Made Democracy used more Broadly for the
First Time
But "whites".
[quote]...the premises of democracy became more explicit in
medieval thought, the awareness of the desire for self-rule
grew. This tendency was later expanded by the belief - which was
well embedded in the theory of the time - that political
authority has its ultimate source in God, that no particular
human being or group has the inherent right to govern others,
and that rulers wield power only as representatives of the
people. with their permission. From these premises, it is only a
step towards "the belief that a normal country that humans
should go to is a country where people act as adults or one come
of age in political life."14 In this society, humans are asked
to participate in political life, regardless of race or
condition. The realization of this goal was possible in the West
as educational opportunities and technological development
brought about the remaining time for normal individuals.[/quote]
Political Philosophy by Henry Schmandt page 22
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Re: Aristotle
By: antihellenistic Date: March 8, 2023, 9:13 am
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Result of Aristotelian Doctrine, John Locke's Liberal Doctrine
of Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
[quote]...In 1669, Locke co-authored the Fundamental
Constitutions of Carolina, which endorses aristocracy, slavery
and serfdom.[2][3] Some dispute the extent to which the
Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina portray Locke's own
philosophy, vs. that of the Lord proprietors of the colony; the
document was a legal document written for and signed and sealed
by the eight Lord proprietors to whom Charles II had granted the
colony. In this context, Locke was only a paid secretary,
writing it much as a lawyer writes a will.
...
The Second Treatise outlines a theory of civil society. Locke
begins by describing the state of nature, a picture much more
stable than Thomas Hobbes' state of "war of every man against
every man," and argues that all men are created equal in the
state of nature by God. From this, he goes on to explain the
hypothetical rise of property and civilization, in the process
explaining that the only legitimate governments are those that
have the consent of the people. Therefore, any government that
rules without the consent of the people can, in theory, be
overthrown.[/quote]
Source :
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Treatises_of_Government
John Locke on his Two Treatises of Government book consider that
"all men were created equal", but he contributing to a
Fundamental Constitution which allowing slavery of "blacks". Of
course we are not stupid
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Re: Aristotle
By: antihellenistic Date: March 8, 2023, 9:36 am
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Result of Aristotelian Doctrine Part 2, Adam Smith's Democratic,
Anti-Populist, and Relativist Mentality
[quote]Passions such as pain, hunger or love are very specific
to the individual. But there are social passions (such as
fellow-feeling) and unsocial passions (such as hatred) too, and
these are where sympathy has a key role.77 We are also more
disposed to sympathise with a person’s joy than with their
sorrow. This explains why poor people conceal their poverty and
rich people parade their wealth. Money does not really buy
happiness, but we suppose that it does; and all our attention,
sympathy and admiration is worth far more to the rich than the
baubles and minor conveniences that money actually
delivers.[/quote]
Source : The Condensed Wealth of Nations and The Incredibly
Condensed Theory of Moral Sentiments Eamonn Butler page 79
HTML http://www.adamsmith.org/s/Condensed_Wealth_of_Nations_ASI.pdf
We must force ourselves and increase our courage to sympathy
with the unfortunate ones and imagine what we feel if we being
like them, to doing socialism and reducing people's sufferings
and ours, "not pretend that with finding happiness with seeing
the fortunate ones and their possessions, the societal problem
will disappear". Individual's hatred to the capitalism and
societal unfairness is more important rather than
social-passions of feelings of ignoring gentrification and
unnecessary competitive society.
I'm suppose that Adam Smith implicitly incorporating theory of
eudaimonia and concept of "common will" from Aristotle which
emphasize human happiness and prosperity rather than human
socialism
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Re: Aristotle
By: 90sRetroFan Date: March 8, 2023, 4:08 pm
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"John Locke on his Two Treatises of Government book consider
that "all men were created equal", but he contributing to a
Fundamental Constitution which allowing slavery of "blacks"."
This is not Aristotelian. Aristotle rejected the idea that "all
men were created equal", as you yourself noted earlier. We
should not underestimate the influence of Judaism on Locke's
thinking:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke
[quote]With regard to the Bible, Locke was very conservative. He
retained the doctrine of the verbal inspiration of the
Scriptures.[36] The miracles were proof of the divine nature of
the biblical message. Locke was convinced that the entire
content of the Bible was in agreement with human reason
...
Locke's concept of man started with the belief in creation.[82]
Like philosophers Hugo Grotius and Samuel Pufendorf, Locke
equated natural law with the biblical revelation.[83][84][85]
Locke derived the fundamental concepts of his political theory
from biblical texts
...
The Decalogue puts a person's life, reputation and property
under God's protection.
Locke's philosophy on freedom is also derived from the Bible.
Locke derived from the Bible basic human equality (including
equality of the sexes), the starting point of the theological
doctrine of Imago Dei.[87] To Locke, one of the consequences of
the principle of equality was that all humans were created
equally free and therefore governments needed the consent of the
governed.[88] Locke compared the English monarchy's rule over
the British people to Adam's rule over Eve in Genesis, which was
appointed by God.[89][/quote]
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