Endoxa, Hypólepsis Parádoxos and Martyría in Aristotle’s Theory of Slavery

This paper initially discusses Aristotle’s theory of slavery in his Book I of Politics in an attempt to demonstrate the use of two procedures: a dialectic process, based on his discussion with Plato, and a rhetorical process, using metaphors and testimonies to set up an epistemological framework for...

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Autor: Cárdenas, Luz Gloria
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Colombia
Recursos:Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/17649
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10784/17649
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Aristotle
Endoxa
Testimony
Thesis
Rhetoric
Dialectic
Slavery
Aristóteles
Testimonio
Tesis
Retórica
Dialéctica
Esclavitud
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Resumo:This paper initially discusses Aristotle’s theory of slavery in his Book I of Politics in an attempt to demonstrate the use of two procedures: a dialectic process, based on his discussion with Plato, and a rhetorical process, using metaphors and testimonies to set up an epistemological framework for his theory. Subsequently, this work focuses on an issue to be elucidated: the difference between endoxa, thesis (hypólepsis parádoxos), and testimony (martyría). In his description of the dialectical method in Topics, Aristotle explicitly states the meaning of “endoxa” and “thesis”. Furthermore, he discusses the term “testimony” in Books I and II of Rhetoric. Consequently, these two types of procedures, the types of proof, and the conclusions in his Book I of Politics will be identified based on the characteristics described in Topics and Rhetoric.