Full Idea
There is an interest in common and a feeling of friendship between master and slave, wherever they are fitted for this relationship.
Gist of Idea
Master and slave can have friendship through common interests
Source
Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1255b12)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.73
A Reaction
Very striking. His view that there are natural slaves, who are incapable of the good life, seems to count against this, but I suspect that he is forced to confront the facts in his own city.