"The **Latin word for business, negotium, translates literally as “not-leisure,” reflecting the view that work was a deviation from the highest human calling**. In this understanding of the situation, work might be an unavoidable necessity for certain people—above all, for the slaves whose toil made possible the leisure of the citizens of [[Athens]] and [[Rome]]—**but it was fundamentally undignified, and certainly not the main point of being alive**." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[work-life-balance]], [[latin]], **Source** -- [[202410130434 - B - Four Thousand Weeks]]