Indolence of Industry

• Filipinos during the Spanish Period are commonly described as lazy
• Gemelli Careri, an Italian traveler remarked "It is their laziness that makes them appear less ingenious; and they are so entirely addicted to it, that if in walking they find a thorn run into their foot, they will not stoop to put out of the way, that another may tread on it.
• Friar Gazpar de San Agustin in 1720 stated that "their laziness is such that if they open a door, they never close it;
• German Scholar Feodor Jogor, 19th century, 'Along the river of Pasig, somebody might be seen asleep on ahead of coconuts
• Rizal works, "Sabre la Indolencia de los Filipinos" (On Indolence of Filipinos) was attempted to rectify these issues
• The Moro Piracies and the Spaniards Abuses led Filipinos lose desire to work - rizal
• Laziness can be aided through education and freedom - Rizal
• indolence is not an inherent trait but rather a malady with its own causes and cures