THE NECESSITY OF SOLITUDE TO THE MAN OF STUDY
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:54 pm
Here is an excellent article that cites The Art of Thinking. I quote:
"In his international bestseller The Art of Thinking, Ernest Dimnet wrote that the art of thinking “is the art of being one’s self, and this art can only be learned if one is by one’s self.” Deep, strong, independent thinkers, he wrote, love being alone—they crave and create moments of solitude.
Great thinkers—or as Dimnet called them, “people possessed of a mastering purpose leaving no room for inferior occupations”—stand apart for the “directness of their intellectual vision.” The mind of the weak thinker, on the other hand, has a “fatal capacity for letting in extraneous thoughts or mental parasites.
To engage in deep, single-focused thinking, we must create an environment devoid of distractions. We must love solitude."
After I read it, I went to the section on interior and exterior solitude in The Intellectual Life. Sertillanges discussion of solitude is better than Dimnet's discussion.
I normally read while having Classic Arts Showcase on the TV. This afternoon I'll return to my current research project in quiet, without having CAS on. Wish me luck.
https://www.thetrumpet.com/article/1140 ... razy-world
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"In his international bestseller The Art of Thinking, Ernest Dimnet wrote that the art of thinking “is the art of being one’s self, and this art can only be learned if one is by one’s self.” Deep, strong, independent thinkers, he wrote, love being alone—they crave and create moments of solitude.
Great thinkers—or as Dimnet called them, “people possessed of a mastering purpose leaving no room for inferior occupations”—stand apart for the “directness of their intellectual vision.” The mind of the weak thinker, on the other hand, has a “fatal capacity for letting in extraneous thoughts or mental parasites.
To engage in deep, single-focused thinking, we must create an environment devoid of distractions. We must love solitude."
After I read it, I went to the section on interior and exterior solitude in The Intellectual Life. Sertillanges discussion of solitude is better than Dimnet's discussion.
I normally read while having Classic Arts Showcase on the TV. This afternoon I'll return to my current research project in quiet, without having CAS on. Wish me luck.
https://www.thetrumpet.com/article/1140 ... razy-world
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=10984
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=12391