希腊城邦社会经济性质简析

希腊城邦社会就其经济性质而言是一种农业社会 ,而非工商业社会。这是因为在古代希腊 ,土地既是人们的主要财富 ,又是维持其公民权的象征 ,土地是一切政治权利的基础 ;从当时希腊人的价值观念和伦理道德来看 ,工商业者的社会地位比较低下 ,农业才是社会最高尚的职业 ;另外 ,古代希腊同东方各国一样 ,农业始终是主要的经济部门 ,商业始终未能在经济生活中占主导地位 ,始终未能取代农业这种主要的经济形态 ,城邦的经济以小农经济为基础 ,农业为本 ,商业为末

Analysis of the Economic Characteristics of Greek City-states

As far as its economic essence is concerned, the Greek city-states were an agricultural society rather than an industrial or commercial one. Land was a symbol of people's citizenship as well as their principal wealth. In fact, land was a base, upon which all political rights were built. In the light of the values and morals by the Greek people at that time, industrialists and merchants were very low in social status while farming was noble work. In addition, in ancient Greece and every other oriental nation as well, agriculture was always the primary economic form. Meanwhile commerce had never gained a dominant position in economy to replace agriculture. The economy system of the city-states was based on small-scale farming with commerce playing the least important role. Therefore, it can be concluded that the society of the Greek city-states was an agricultural one.