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Re: Aristotle
By: rp Date: February 7, 2024, 9:39 pm
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[quote]She does not know what to do because no one taught her.
"The courage of a man is shown in commanding, of a woman in
obeying.”
— Aristotle, Politics[/quote]
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Re: Western civilization = sustainable evil
By: antihellenistic Date: May 12, 2025, 8:33 pm
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The brief explanation about the crimes of Western civilization.
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[quote]Slavery is a prerequisite of justice.
No slavery, no justice.
Western civilization is crumbling because we freed the slaves.
Re-enslave the slaves, and western civilization will stop
crumbling.
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For Aristotle, justice depends on the fulfillment of natural
roles—a ruler and a natural slave each rightly placed. In his
"Politics," Aristotle argues that a well-ordered community is
like a living organism: each part must perform its function for
the whole to thrive. The ruler, endowed with the capacity for
deliberation and virtue, provides direction and safeguards the
common good; the natural slave, possessing practical skill and
physical strength, sustains the material foundations of society.
This division is not a mark of contempt but of mutual
dependence: the ruler’s leisure to govern wisely is possible
only because the laborer’s toil secures the necessities of life.
When each station honors its proper work, civic harmony emerges,
and justice is upheld.
When we rejected the concept of natural slavery, we upset the
balance of civic virtue. History shows that whenever this
equilibrium is disturbed, turmoil follows. In revolutionary
fervor, experiments in absolute equality have too often led not
to universal flourishing but to resource shortages, factional
violence, and the erosion of public order. By denying that some
are naturally inclined to serve and others to lead, modern
societies have unwittingly conscripted every citizen into the
same roles—overloading the capable, demoting the gifted, and
depriving society of both wise guidance and diligent hands.
Institutions meant to channel excellence deteriorate under the
pressure of undifferentiated rights, and the rule of law gives
way to the rule of the many, who too easily become swayed by
passion rather than reason.
To restore justice, we must once again recognize hierarchy
rooted in nature: those whose reason guides and those whose
service builds the common good. This does not mean a return to
unthinking bondage but a renewal of a meritocratic order in
which education, training, and moral cultivation identify each
individual’s calling. Let the philosophically minded lead
councils and courts; let the physically robust and practically
skilled sustain our fields, workshops, and infrastructure. In
this way, each citizen finds dignity in the work for which they
are suited, and the polis regains its balance. Justice, then,
will no longer be an abstract ideal but the living truth of a
community in which every member, whether ruler or servant,
fulfills the purpose Nature ordained.[/quote]
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