“The thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it.” ThinkingMindBodyActivityLonelyRoundsExcitementThoughtfulOccupationLeisureGardeningBreeze Author:Augustus William Hare
“And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.” MayWarPhilosophySeemsActionDependsActivityGainsBusySakePracticalsAriseLeisureContemplating Book:Nicomachean Ethics Source: Nicomachean Ethics