In the final section, "Contemplation," the theme is presented straightforwardly as the music slowly disperses into silence, to suggest touchingly that the work of creation is done.
These in turn lead to the final topic of contemplative happiness, where Lefèvre presents his conviction that human fulfillment or happiness is most fully achieved in contemplation of divine matters a point of agreement, he believed, between Aristotle and Christianity.
One final military engagement disturbed his contemplation on the homeward road.
You end up contemplating your own contemplation.
If one had known, at that age, about the accelerating grind of time, one could have bought a few bottles and placed them on a shelf somewhere, for later sampling and contemplation — once each spring, perhaps, or during the final moments of life.
The final morsel of food for thought was to move from contemplation to action.
In his case contemplation of the natural world does the job; his final chapter is an ode to the perspective-altering discoveries of modern physics.
He ended the program with "Regards de l'Église d'Amour," the final piece from Messiaen's monumental set of 20 "Regards," or contemplations, on the infant Jesus.
The final chorus, with its fugal Amen, the single fast tempo, and a jubilant contemplation of paradise, was glorious.
After lots of Skype interviews and nervous contemplation, Talukdar decided to put her apartment on Airbnb for the final month before her return.
