It was a society that eventually developed a disdain for what they perceived as the corruptions of modern commercialism.

南方社会,对他们认为的腐败的现代重商主义,持有一种相当鄙夷的态度

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You konw, the British practicing mercantilism passed navigation acts, saying what ships could carry what and so on -nothing like that in the Greek world.

例如英国以颁布《航海法》,来体现重商主义,他们认为船能带来各种各样的财富,但在希腊不是这样

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