For the Stoic Musonius Rufus, manual work is philosophy too

Many respected philosophers did manual work themselves. The gap between jobs that are seen as ‘intellectual’ and ones that are deemed manual is nonsensical. For a society to function in a more efficient way, we need both types of professions. In this argument for an increased understanding in a world of diverse professions, Lee Clarke argues that philosophy contains a physical element that is overlooked and can be applied to manual forms of labour too and contain profound amounts of knowledge and wisdom.