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[GreekIslandGirl]

The ancient Greeks did not collect/trap people to sell as part of a slave trade in the way the British developed over many, many centuries, and more recently.

The Greeks used their captured prisoners from war as slaves. Practicalities may have meant some of them were swapped or sold but there was never a trade in the merchant sense of rounding-up innocent people to sell.

How did Aristotle develop a concept of a "master race" ? You are completely off-track - and perhaps are one of those he identified as requiring more instruction.

[kurupetos]

But the Greeks did buy and sell slaves. They were chattels. Aristotle indeed if he did not invent it developed the concept of the Hellinic master race and that (racist) concept was then used to morally justify slavery. I really can see little difference to how Aristotle was promoting the Hellenic right to rule the world With what Churchill Said about 1960 years earlier.

Race had nothing to do with slavery in Ancient Greece. For example many Athenians were sold as slaves by Spartans after they lost the Peloponnesian War.

Even Athenians were sold as slaves in Athens itself, if they committed fraud, like tax evasion, etc.

[GreekIslandGirl]

But the Greeks did buy and sell slaves. They were chattels. Aristotle indeed if he did not invent it developed the concept of the Hellinic master race and that (racist) concept was then used to morally justify slavery. I really can see little difference to how Aristotle was promoting the Hellenic right to rule the world With what Churchill Said about 1960 years earlier.

Race had nothing to do with slavery in Ancient Greece. For example many Athenians were sold as slaves by Spartans after they lost the Peloponnesian War.

Even Athenians were sold as slaves in Athens itself, if they committed fraud, like tax evasion, etc.

Indeed. Classical Greece's 'slavery' was the equivalent of today's 'community service'.