Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters (Summit Jennifer)(Paperback)

Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters (Summit Jennifer)(Paperback)

Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters (Summit Jennifer)(Paperback)

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'All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone,' Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there's Walt Whitman, in 1856: 'Whoever you are, come forth Or man or woman come forth / You must not stay sleeping and dallying there in the house.'

It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? To do or to think? To make an impact, or to understand the world more deeply? Aristotle argued for contemplation as the highest state of human flourishing. But it was through action that his student Alexander the Great conquered the known world. Which should we aim at? Centuries later, this argument underlies a surprising number of the questions we face in contemporary life. Should students study the humanities, or train for a job? Should adults work for money or for meaning? And in tumultuous times, should any of us sit

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