Sentence examples for the mere contemplation from inspiring English sources

The mere contemplation of the upcoming holidays — the travelling, the festivities — had exhausted us.

Jennings writes that "the mere contemplation of an ideal polis . . . is a civic act".

The mere contemplation of the upcoming holidays — the travelling, the… I first saw the kettlebell at the gym.

But by that point a certain damage had already been done, since the mere contemplation of such a military manipulation of the press helps American-hating terrorists foment lies akin to their lethal effort to portray Mr. Pearl as a C.I.A. agent.

However, Rousseau also clearly believes that the mere contemplation of self interest would be inadequate to generate a general will.

However, an artist, Whitehead supposes, "might not have jumped to the notion of a chair", but instead "might have stopped at the mere contemplation of a beautiful color and a beautiful shape".

But, in contrast to Plotinus, for Bergson, thinking is not mere contemplation; it is the entire or integral movement of memory between contemplation and action.

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.

Mere contemplation of this state of affairs does not require either love or hate.

The role of art in sustaining us psychologically by providing a concretization of our most fundamental values is a frequent theme in Rand's fiction as well, especially The Fountainhead.[11] While art can be used to convey information or to advocate a position, such functions are secondary to its chief task: providing an object whose mere contemplation brings spiritual fulfillment.

It could be limited to mere contemplations with regard to the future and have only exploratory claims.