Thread: Confessions of a Book Pirate
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Old 02-02-2010, 12:22 AM   #258
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Originally Posted by guyanonymous View Post
One thought that's popped into my head, and I'd like help refining...

An artists class only developed when society itself was strong enough with respect to provision of food/shelter/security to allow those people (artists) to NOT have to work on the farm/hunt/gather for the majority of their waking hours. Without society, artists could not exist in their current form.

Does this have any relevance to today's world?
The only ones that could exist without society are hunter gatherers and farmers. All other professions would be useless. What are you, hunter or farmer?
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