Sentence:  It was the Greeks who taught us the dignity of leisure; it is from them that we inherit the perception that the highest life is the life of contemplation. But this respect for leisure, with the Greeks, was accompanied by a contempt for the <WSD>banausic</WSD> occupations. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical. (from mid 19th c.)