Reviews for Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine

The average rating for Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-12-28 00:00:00 Corey Reid Garnsey is a truly excellent classicist, and this volume--looking at the "big picture" of slavery--looks solely at the attitudes about and theories concerning slavery. It's focus is its strenght. But it also looks at those two topics chronologically (mostly), from various philosophical viewpoint, including not just the major authors like Aristotle or the Stoics, but also Jewish and Christian voices like Philo, Paul, and Augustine. This is its strength.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-03-09 00:00:00 Linda A Myers Seems to be a good start in looking at slavery in ancient civilisations. A lot of what was said could be gleaned simply form reading the source text, but still a good place to start I think, so not without merit. Also pretty easy to read relative to some academic books.