来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介第5集第5集》

or the idea of a privately held

或是说有了私有土地
plot attached not to any one person,

而不再属于单个人的观念产生了
but rather in perpetuity to a single farm family or oikos.

也可永久的属于单个的农业家庭或者领主
As Hanson points out, look at the difference

正如汉森所指出的那样
between this and previous ways of working the soil.

比较此方式和旧有耕作方式的不同你就会发现
People either rented the land from a large landowner

人们可以从一个大的农场主那里租种土地
or they were hired help who got nothing

或者农场主雇佣那些除了有点薪水
except a salary or a piece of what they did.

或者手工艺品之外一无所有的人
Serfs who are compelled to work the land,

那些被强迫耕种土地的农奴
or in some places even slaves, well,

或者是那些在其他地方直接成为奴隶的人
they have no incentive, put aside the question

刨除能动性因素农场主们
even of capacity, to invest capital for

没有任何理由投资钱财