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Action versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters
Action versus Contemplation Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters
Author: Jennifer Summit, Blakey Vermeule
?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 contem...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226032238
ISBN-10: 022603223X
Publication Date: 3/22/2018
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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