Marx vs. Aristotle on the Labor Theory of Value
In the first chapter of Capital, Marx praises Aristotle--and writes about his historically determined moral blinders.
Aristotle is mentioned twice in the first chapter of Capital. In the first passage, Marx calls Aristotle “the great investigator” and credits him for pioneering insights about a wide variety of “forms of thought, society, and nature.” In the second, he calls him a “great thinker.”
In neither case, though, is Marx bringing him up to agree with him.