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A history of the ancient working people for the earliest known period to the adoption of Christianity by Constantine.Lost mss. archology. True history of labor found only in inscriptions and mutilated annals.

A history of the ancient working people for the earliest known period to the adoption of... This chapter examines the true history of labor found only in inscriptions and mutilated annals. Topics addressed in this chapter include prototypes of industrial life to be found in the Aryan and Semitic branches; era of slavery; dawn of manumission; patriarchal form too advanced a type of government possible to primitive man; religious superstition fatal to independent labor; labor, government and religion indissolubly mixed; concupiscence, acquisitiveness and irascibility a consequence of the archaic bully of boss, with unlimited powers; right of the ancient Father to enslave, sell, torture of kill his children; abundant proofs quoted; origin of the greater and more humane impulses; sympathy beyond mere self-preservation, the result of education; education originated from discussion; discussion the result of grievances against the outcast work-people; too rapid increase of their numbers notwithstanding the sufferings; means organized by owners for decimating them by murder; ample proof; the great Amphycytonic League; glimpses of a once sullen combination of the desperate slaves; and, incipient organization of the nobles. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A history of the ancient working people for the earliest known period to the adoption of Christianity by Constantine.Lost mss. archology. True history of labor found only in inscriptions and mutilated annals.

Ward, C. Osborne
American Psychological Association — May 9, 2011
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This chapter examines the true history of labor found only in inscriptions and mutilated annals. Topics addressed in this chapter include prototypes of industrial life to be found in the Aryan and Semitic branches; era of slavery; dawn of manumission; patriarchal form too advanced a type of government possible to primitive man; religious superstition fatal to independent labor; labor, government and religion indissolubly mixed; concupiscence, acquisitiveness and irascibility a consequence of the archaic bully of boss, with unlimited powers; right of the ancient Father to enslave, sell, torture of kill his children; abundant proofs quoted; origin of the greater and more humane impulses; sympathy beyond mere self-preservation, the result of education; education originated from discussion; discussion the result of grievances against the outcast work-people; too rapid increase of their numbers notwithstanding the sufferings; means organized by owners for decimating them by murder; ample proof; the great Amphycytonic League; glimpses of a once sullen combination of the desperate slaves; and, incipient organization of the nobles. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: May 9, 2011

Keywords: primitive man; archeology; history of labor; religion; government

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