For generations they were blacksmiths and husbandmen. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Now, are not the best husbandmen those who are most devoted to husbandry? 柏拉图.理想国.
But whether it was advantageous to plant a new vineyard, was a matter of dispute among the ancient Italian husbandmen, as we learn from Columella. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
But as husbandmen have less leisure than shepherds, they are not so frequently employed in those pastimes. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
And, as we said before, under such a constitution the same persons have too many callings--they are husbandmen, tradesmen, warriors, all in one. 柏拉图.理想国.
When a nation of mere husbandmen, therefore, goes to war, the whole people cannot take the field together. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Then more husbandmen and more artisans will be required? 柏拉图.理想国.
The ordinary pastimes of such husbandmen are the same as those of shepherds, and are in the same manner the images of war. 亚当·斯密.国富论.