Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters by Blakey Vermeule, Jennifer Summit

Action Versus Contemplation: Why an Ancient Debate Still Matters

Blakey Vermeule, Jennifer Summit

256 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy informative reflective medium-paced
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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 ...

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