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Definition of Contemplation

Contemplation The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study. Holy meditation. The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing. Related Definitions: About, Act, An, As, Attention, Considering, Continued, Event, Expectation, Forward, Happen, Holy, In, Intending, Looking, Meditation, Mind, Musing, Of, Or, Particular, Purposing, Study, Subject, The, To, With

Contemplation Quotations The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. Aristotle Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. Jean Arp Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. Randolph Bourne The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. Simone Weil He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men. Isaac Asimov

Contemplation Translations contemplation in French is contemplation contemplation in German is Betrachtung contemplation in Italian is considerazione contemplation in Latin is contemplatio

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