Wht do you get from this quote?

[ajazali]

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Aristotle

[psyah]

Re: Wht do you get from this quote?

That a paid job will occupy ones time more than is necessary and yet hinder the full potential of the intellect, because it does not require any out of the box thinking. Often the mundane is what people get paid for ... and the mundane is time consuming challenging our patience rather than our intellects.

We switch off - under stimulated and - working to meet the minimum requirements

[ajazali]

Re: Wht do you get from this quote?

@psyah

That a paid job will occupy ones time more than is necessary and yet hinder the full potential of the intellect, because it does not require any out of the box thinking. Often the mundane is what people get paid for … and the mundane is time consuming challenging our patience rather than our intellects.

We switch off - under stimulated and - working to meet the minimum requirements

very well explained :k:

Maybe he had some exception for labor jobs in his mind. or he was reflecting on teaching profession as education was his major interest after politics.