Which section of the text best supports the theme that endless labor keeps human beings from reaching their full potential?

The lines in choice C call the worker a “Slave of the wheel of labor” and ask what Plato and the Pleiades mean to him. This suggests that endless work leaves no room for learning, beauty, or other possibilities, keeping people from reaching their full potential. Choice D emphasizes suffering across time, but C most directly connects labor with lost opportunities.

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