... the universe is a kind of life form which is commanded by a higher authority, that laws of nature preside over our world. The notion of freedom is devised as above all, communal. The order of things is commanded by this higher, divine authority. The material world (our world) is just a copy of this divine world, and a poor copy at that. Aristotle's views on matters concerning freedom, and what its implications for broader moral issues were explained in his writings on politics and ethics. Freedom, while not explicitly examined with much depth or regularity in 'The Ethics' or 'The Politics', in nevertheless a crucial concept because of its profound association with virtue. By exploring what Aristotle means by slavery, we circuitously determine what he means by freedom, which is the opposite of slavery. A natural slave is one "who participates in reason only to the extent of perceiving ...

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