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    1. 07-24-2011 05:47 AM #1
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      Quote Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
      The ability to ask the questions concerning the meaning of life are only possible because we aren't constantly plowing fields or growing gardens. Leisure time increases with capitalization and capitalization is only possible with an industrial economy that necessitates the advent of money in order to eliminate the problems of barter.
      Wait! Aha! You got me! That's sarcasm right?
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      Quote Originally Posted by juroara View Post
      Wait! Aha! You got me! That's sarcasm right?
      No it's not. Who were the writers, teachers and lecturers of old society? The peasants? How do you think Aristotle and Plato were able to philosophize? Because they were in the fields instead of the Peripatetic and Academy?
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