Epicurus’s Garden admitted women, slaves, and non-Greeks free of charge.

Evidence

Epicurus’s garden was different from other schools in important ways. Since only an individual could decide whether he had been “cured,” the atmosphere was noncompetitive, and students graded themselves. And while shunning one type of community, the school of Epicurus actively constructed another one: The Garden was the only school to admit non-Greeks, slaves, and women (including hetaera, or professional courtesans). Admission was free. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 149

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Supports the reader’s privilege critique: retreat-as-withdrawal is not inherently exclusionary — Epicurus’s garden shows an inward-turned community that was radically inclusive, complicating the assumption that retreat requires privilege.
• XREF: connects to: Epicurus’s school admitted women, slaves, and non-Greeks free of charge — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 149
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Epicurus’s school admitted women, slaves, and non-Greeks free of charge — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 149

Broader Connections

• Epicurus’s school admitted women, slaves, and non-Greeks free of charge #corroborates (1.00) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 149