Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not c…

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Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1987). Present Concerns, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1987). Present Concerns, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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