Sentence examples for attentive contemplation from inspiring English sources

The respect that is owed to all things, it can be argued, is a very basic form of attentive contemplation of the object combined with a prima facie assumption that the object might have intrinsic value.

Dewey also criticizes Kant's reduction of attentive observation to mere contemplation and his reduction of the emotional element of the aesthetic to pleasure taken in contemplation.

We become mere signal-processing units, quickly shepherding disjointed bits of information into and then out of short-term memory.... What we seem to be sacrificing in all our surfing and searching is our capacity to engage in the quieter, attentive modes of thought that underpin contemplation, reflection and introspection.

In reflexive thought, there is a return of the mind onto itself, or an attending to the contents of the mind; such reflexive thoughts are more attentive perceptions of the divine ideas, and these thoughts are contemplations of the eternal truths.

Contemplation that is not always consistent, not always progressive, and not always attentive to the general interest.

My contemplation?

Enough contemplation.

Attentive service.

Very attentive".

SERVICE: Attentive.

Attentive waiters.