Whether you are the type of person who likes to browse arts and crafts or one who dedicates your life to a higher pursuit of the trade, there is almost no excuse to not connect with your niche.
The wide application of the term, as well as the current fragmented state of the discipline, indicate the extent to which the classical concept of theology as the highest pursuit of the intellect has been transformed over the centuries.
Could we at long last stop obsessing about who has the most toys and instead devote those energies toward a higher pursuit?
But the wild card is a risky road into the playoffs, and the Yankees have higher pursuits.
To its own weighty interrogations, "The Next Generation" offered a simple yet powerful answer: humans, once unburdened from material need, would be truly free to devote themselves to higher pursuits, like knowledge, justice, and mutual understanding.
I certainly was not educated with any sort of cosmic hierarchy in mind, and so I often find myself unconsciously scoffing at the protestations of philosophers who urge us to "higher" pursuits, or more "whole" understandings of the world.
Adequate rest and frequent breaks, good wholesome food and fresh air remain the foundations of vibrant physical health that provides the fuel for our higher pursuits.
But my father - and his brothers - held the library in awe, acknowledging as everyone then did that learning and scholarship are among man's highest pursuits.
But competent judges prefer higher activities, and not just subjective pleasures caused by those activities, and their preference for higher pursuits is based on their sense of the dignity inherent in a life lived that way (II 6).
The entertainment buys credibility for higher pursuits: Uncensored, an MTV Africa series, features African kids talking about incest, sexual health and other taboo topics; viewers send the show e-mail and cell phone text messages.
