Indolences of the Filipinos
The Indolence of the Filipinos This other essay of Rizal is also a prestigious of historical scholarship. It is an able defense of the alleged indolence of the Filipinos. ... His main thesis was that the Filipinos are not by nature indolent. Long before the coming of the Spaniards, he pointed out, the Filipinos were industrious and hard-working: They were very active in agriculture, industries, and commerce. The Spaniards conquest of the country brought about a decline in economic activities because the Filipinos had abandoned their pre-Spanish industries and worked less than their ancestors.