Of slaves the Greeks took little account. Their condition prevented them from being men in the full sense of the word. But they held that the free man, the real man, the complete man, must be something more than a mere breadwinner, and must have something besides the knowledge necessary to earn his living. He must have also the education which will give him the chance of developing the gifts and faculties of human nature and becoming a full human being. Again I shall take the Greek answer to this question.
Human beings have bodies, minds and characters.
So we get that clear and important distinction between technical education which aims at earning a living or making money or at some narrowly practical skill, and the free man s education which aims at producing as perfect and complete a human being as may be. Technical or vocational education is as much wanted as liberal education. But they are not to be confused. They are both important, both necessary, but they are different. And yet to some extent they overlap.