Nessun antischiavismo nel mondo antico. Una posizione da ribadire

Abstract

Among Greek philosophers and historians, aristocrats or democrats, slavery has always been considered a necessary social and legal phenomenon. In this paper, which is the first part of two, a range of authors and texts that touch on the Greek idea of slavery are examined, considering philosophical ways of thinking about slaves. However, there are no anti-slavery intellectuals or philosophical currents, not even among those who are considered “nonconformists”. A thesis that confirming it with new remarks on the primary evidence is probably not a pointless exercise. A quick status questionis on the subject is useful to reiterate this basic thesis.

 Ancient Greece; Slavery; Antislavery; Social Customs.