This document summarizes Jose Rizal's essay "The Indolence of the Filipinos" which was published in La Solidaridad in 1890 in response to accusations that Filipinos were inherently indolent. The essay had five installments published from July to September 1890. Rizal acknowledges that indolence exists among Filipinos but argues that the causes must be studied before solutions can be proposed. He lists factors like the tropical climate, lack of encouragement from the Spanish government, abuse by encomenderos, and lack of proper education and training as contributing to any indolence rather than it being due to inherent traits.