CHAPTER XXXVI. Self-Regarding Duties and Virtues--Industry--Rest

SELF-REGARDING DUTIES AND VIRTUES--INDUSTRY--REST

General statements referring to the nature and origin of self-regarding duties and virtues, pp. 265-268.--Man naturally inclined to idleness, pp. 268-271.--Among savages either necessity or compulsion almost the sole inducement to industry, ibid.--Savages who enjoin work as a duty or regard industry as a virtue, p. 271 sq.--Industrial activity looked down upon as disreputable for a free man, p. 272 sq.--Contempt for trade, p. 274. Progress in civilisation implies an increase of industry and leads to condemnation of idleness, ibid.--Idleness prohibited by law in ancient Peru p. 274 sq.--Industry enjoined in ancient Persia, p. 275 sq.--In ancient Egypt, p. 276.--In ancient Greece, p. 276 sq.--Greek views on agriculture, p. 277.--On trade and handicrafts, p. 278 sq.--Roman views on labour, p. 279 sq.--The Christian doctrine on the subject, pp. 280-282. --Not applicable to laymen, p. 282.--Modern views on labour, p. 282 sq.--Rest regarded as a duty, p. 283.--Work suspended after a death, p. 283 sq.--On certain other occasions, especially in connection with changes in the moon, pp. 284-286. --Tabooed days among the peoples of Semitic stock, pp. 286-288. --The Jewish Sabbath, p. 286 sq.--The seventh day among the Assyrians and Babylonians, p. 287 sq.--The Christian Sunday, p. 288 sq.