“ Neither of these guys were "slackers" and were brilliant men” Actually, it is because of their status and the opportunity to be idle that they were able to n

“ Neither of these guys were "slackers" and were brilliant men” Actually, it is because of their status and the opportunity to be idle that they were able to nurture their creativity and become known as brilliant men. And so seeing, they became proponents of idleness, both because they saw the benefit for creative minds, but also because they did not the consequence of idleness for the vast majority or people (nor how the idleness of the oppressed masses would — in the end — rob them of their own (profitable) leisure time.