Plato defined a slave as one who accepts from another the purposes which control his conduct. This condition obtains even where there is no slavery in the legal sense. It is found wherever men are engaged in activity which is socially serviceable, but whose service they do not understand and have no personal interest in.


The Middle Works, 1899-1924 (ed. SIU Press, 1980) - ISBN: 9780809309337

John Dewey Quotes

Plato defined a slave as one who accepts from another the purposes which control his conduct. This condition obtains even where there is no slavery...

Plato defined a slave as one who accepts from another the purposes which control his conduct. This condition obtains even where there is no slavery...

Plato defined a slave as one who accepts from another the purposes which control his conduct. This condition obtains even where there is no slavery...

Plato defined a slave as one who accepts from another the purposes which control his conduct. This condition obtains even where there is no slavery...