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. . . Leisure requires calm because it is marked by attentiveness: "leisure is a receptive attitude of mind, a contemplative attitude, and it is not only the occasion but also the capacity for steeping oneself in the whole of creation." In Pieper's view, the purpose of education is not to prepare us for the world of work, but to enable us to be true people of leisure. If life is more than work, then education is far more than vocational or professional training. "A functionary is trained. Training is defined as being concerned with some one side or aspect of man, with regard to some special subjects. Education concerns the whole man; an educated man is a man with a point of view from which he takes in the whole world. Education concerns the whole man, man capax universi, capable of grasping the totality of existing things." . . .
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31.2 — March/April 2018
Neil Gaiman's Brush with Narnia Lingers
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C. S. Lewis Assesses the Religion of Mohammed
June 8, 2018 — From the Editor
Making Disciples Is Not a One-Man Job
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The Riddle of Nietzsche's Philosemitic Anti-Judaism by Joe Keysor
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Les Sillars on Journalism as an Exercise of the Moral Imagination
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From Heavenly Harmony
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31.4 — July/August, 2018
Bite-Sized Philosophy
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31.1 — January/February, 2018
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