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| peace, rest, contemplation |
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| business. A life of negotiation. The opposite of otium: the lack of peace, rest, contemplation. |
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| study of humanities (studia humanitates). Text-based cirriculum focused on the importance of reading, studying rhetoric, moral philosophy, grammar. Natural philosophy. Social program dedicated to the public good |
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| severe group of monks that lived in small cells and spent most of their time in solitude |
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| spread of literacy to laity = rise of administrators, counselors, government officials (like More) = corresponding ideal of public service |
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Book one raises a set of problems and questions about what it means to be a literate lay person – deep internal contradiction and conflict
Debate over active/contemplative central to this conflict
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| balance of leisure and work = balance of self and society |
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| social and individual betterment |
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