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the difference being that
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they are slaves rather than free men.
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One of the funny things is that
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the emergence of this family farm gives rise
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to the polis' character
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as a land in which there is a citizenry,
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which is to say free men who rule themselves.
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So, the polis will see the invention of freedom in this way,
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and oddly enough,
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it is accompanied by the growth of slavery at the same time.
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Both slavery and freedom
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come along at the same time in the Greek world.