Aristotle says that we must be compassionate to all human beings yet he disregards the potential of woman's intelligence and calls non-Greeks barbarians. We may say that this was the time period and no one considered woman as able to be educated yet Aristotle disregards woman more than his teacher. This suggests a regression in the thought process but history says we are supposed to become more accepting as time goes on not less. Why would Aristotle think this way?
Aristotle rationalizes his view on women by saying that women are free unlike slaves and are ruled for their own good not for their masters benefit. Men are by nature fitter to rule than women. The relationship between man and women is one of kind but is always going to be unequal.
Aristotle believes that Greeks are better than non-Greeks and calls non-Greeks more likely to be "animal like barbarians". This is a heliocentric point of view where people think that their culture is better than other cultures. To this day people still think like this and base other people cultures based on their own. By using this method we can never appreciate other cultures and can never learn.
