The mercantile tradition that had led to Ionian science also led to a slave economy. You could get richer if you owned a lot of slaves. (Carl Sagan)

The mercantile tradition that had led to Ionian science also led to a slave economy. You could get richer if you owned a lot of slaves.

Carl Sagan

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