Abstract:

In this article, considering thedialogues calledPoliteiaand Nomoi, Plato’s idea on the positionof slaves/slaveryin the ideal society will be clarified.While the thinker mentionshardly anyargument onslaves in the Politeia; he makessignificantarrangements about them in the Nomoi. This explanation indicates thathe gives the slaves a position in the society in Nomoiwhich dialogueis aboutthe second best polisand in this way he maintains the traditionalidea of slavery,while in the kallipolis(which is mentioned as the best polisin the Politeia) there is no slaves/slavery. In this research,considering the Plato’s thesetwo dialogues, it will bearguedthat whether he gives a room the slaves/slavery in his concept of society or not; if so, which class in the kallipolisslaves arepositioned.In other words, on the basis of the explanation about the slaves in Nomoiand of the some statementsabout the slaves between the lines in the Politeia, it will be examinedthat if theslaves have some positionsin the kallipolis or not;if so, how they can appear in the ideal polisand which class they are included ontologically.

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