Monday, October 15, 2012

the lives of pleasure, practicality and contemplation

many people are trying to change the world; fewer are studying to try to understand it. this puts them in very different relations and attitudes to the world and our life. (not to consider those "just enjoying life".)
as far back as Pythagoras there was the distinction of the life of enjoyment, the practical life, and the life of contemplation. "Steppenwolves" distinctly belong to the latter. the malls are filled with others.

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