"Only he can rise above nature who bears the earthly burden instead. How would Plato have philosophized if he had been his own house slave? How would Jesus, the rabbi, have taught if he had to support his wife and children? If he should have cultivated the ground on which the bread grew, which he broke afterwards; if he had to hoe the grapes in which the wine ripened, which he distributed?
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Author
Carl Gustav JungAll Translations
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Only he can rise above nature who bears the earthly burden instead. How would Plato have philosophized if he had been his own house slave? How would Jesus, the rabbi, have taught if he had to support his wife and children? If he should have cultivated the ground on which the bread grew, which he broke afterwards; if he had to hoe the grapes in which the wine ripened, which he distributed?
""Csak az tud fölébe emelkedni a természetnek, aki helyett más viseli a földi terhet. Ugyan hogy filozofált volna Platón, ha a saját házirabszolgája lett volna? Hogy tanított volna Jézus, a rabbi, ha el kellett volna tartania a feleségét, a gyerekeit? Ha neki kellett volna megművelnie a földet, amin a kenyér termett, amit megtört azután; ha neki kellett volna kapálnia a szőlőt, amiben a bor érlelődött, amit szétosztott?"