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- Title
SÖMÜRGECİ İSPANYOL AMERİKASI’NDA ARİSTOTELESÇİ DOĞAL KÖLE KAVRAMI.
- Authors
DORE, Fatma
- Abstract
This paper demonstrates that due to the great status of Aristotle among the Spanish scholars in the Renaissance, his concept of the natural slave framed the debate in which these intellectuals dealt with the newly encountered native peoples of the Americas. It first reveals that this concept was developed within the context of the slaveholding society of ancient Athens, where slavery was regarded as a requisite for that proper functioning of that society. It also shows that the concept itself is an ambiguous one. The paper then demonstrates, mainly through the writings of St Augustine, that in the early Church the concept fell into abeyance before being brought back into significance in the time of St Thomas Aquinas with the rebirth of interest in Aristotle. It then shows that with the influence of Aristotle continuing to rise into the Renaissance, the concept of the natural slave became one of great importance, including amongst the aforementioned Spanish scholars. It next reveals how the status of the newly encountered native Americans, who were being enslaved, was debated in terms of the natural slave, with one side taking the view that the native Americans were indeed natural slaves, whilst the other denying that this was the case, although advocating education to improve the reasoning ability of these peoples. Lastly, it shows that Las Casas belonged to the latter side, whilst also rejecting the concept of the natural slave altogether.
- Publication
Felsefe ve Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (FLSF), 2016, Issue 21, p31
- ISSN
1306-9535
- Publication type
Article