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It is clear that the rule of the soul over the body, and of the mind and the rational element over the passionate, is natural and expedient; whereas the equality of the two or the rule of the inferior is always hurtful. the same holds good for animals in relation to men; for tame animals have a better nature than wild, and all tame animals are better off when they are ruled by man; for then they are preserved. Again, the male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle of necessity extends to all mankind. Where then there is such a difference as that between soul and body, or between men and animals (as is the case of those business it is to use their body, and who can do nothing better), the lower sort are by nature slaves, and it is better for them as for all inferiors that they should be under the rule of a master. For he who can be, and therefore is, another's and he who participates in rational principle enough to apprehend, but not to have such a principle, is a slave by nature. Whereas the lower animals cannot even apprehend such a principle; they obey their instinct. And indeed the use made of slaves and of tame animals is not very different; for both with their bodies minister to the needs of life. [...] It is clear, then, that some men are by nature free and others slaves, and that for these latter slavery is both expedient and right.
(Aristotle, Politics, book 1, chapters 4-5)
Think:
1. How many analoyes are there what what are they?
2. According to their conclusions, can you tell what are the results of them,
if they are true?
3. Which group of beings in the world do you think is most benefited by Aristotle's conclusions taken together?
4. Rewrite Aristotle's arguments for conclusions so that they contain evaluative premises, analogy-stating premises, and the origin conclusions as evaluative ones.
5. Do you think the analogy-stating premise is true? Give reasons for your answer.
-1. General Introduction to Critical Thinking and Academic English
--1. General Introduction to Critical Thinking and Academic English
-2. The Core skills in Critical Thinking
--2. The Core Skills in Critical Thinking
-课程导论
-3. classification
-4. Interpretation
-5. Identification
-7. Ambiguity and Definition
-8. Utterance of Wording
-9. Assumption
-分析能力技巧
-10. Inference
-11. Syllogism
-12. Necessary Condition & Sufficient Condition
--12. Necessary Condition and Sufficient Condition
--Necessary Conditon and Sufficient Condition
-13. Systematic Thinking
-14. Finding the Truth
-15. Locating a Problem
-16. Analyzing problems
-17. Gathering Information
-18. Processing Information
-19. Solving Problems
-推理能力技巧
-20. Argument Methods
-21. Contrastive Argumentation
--21. Constrastive Argumentation
-22. Theoretical Argumentation & Figurative Argumentation
--22. Theoretical & Figurative Argumentation
-23. Explicit and Implicit Arguments
--23. Explicit and Implicit Argument
-24. False Causal Link and False Correlation
--24. False Causal Link and False Correlation
-25. Deflection, Complicity and Sleight of Hand
--25. Deflection, Complicity and Sleight of Hand
-26. Misrepresentation and Misleading
--26. Misrepresentation and Misleading
-论证技巧