The Greeks had many brilliant innovations in philosophy, mathematics, astrology, medicine, political theory, the arts and much, much more. The reason behind this is that they had nothing but free time because the slaves were doing all the work. I'm not advocating it, but if not for slavery...
#9 It's a little more complicated than that, but basically true. The word "idiot" referred to a "private citizen", as opposed to someone who held a "public" office. It did not mean "stupid."
The Greeks had many brilliant innovations in philosophy, mathematics, astrology, medicine, political theory, the arts and much, much more. The reason behind this is that they had nothing but free time because the slaves were doing all the work. I'm not advocating it, but if not for slavery...
#9 It's a little more complicated than that, but basically true. The word "idiot" referred to a "private citizen", as opposed to someone who held a "public" office. It did not mean "stupid."
Etymology: from Ancient Greek "σχολή" (skholḗ).
*astronomy