Sentence examples for a contemplative stance from inspiring English sources
I've never met Maxwell, but reading this book I suspect he could be what Thomas Merton called a "masked contemplative," which is to say someone who embraces a contemplative stance even if he or she never formally engages in meditative or contemplative prayer.
Disinterestedness has a long history; it characterizes the popular aesthetic attitude theories of the twentieth century, which argued that a prerequisite for any kind of full appreciation of art is a distanced, relatively contemplative stance towards a work of art.
In the 'talking' and 'doing' of synthetic biology, one can discern a contemplative, interventionist, constructionist, and creationist stance.
He took a contemplative drag.
Baseball is a contemplative game.
She takes a contemplative sip.
For a contemplative, Davis is remarkably social.
She rarely had a contemplative moment.
Instead, a contemplative quiet enfolds the stage.
Art should be a contemplative, personal experience.
Diamond cutting is a contemplative art.
