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8/21/2020

Happiness and Contemplation

Ep. 11

In this episode, Dr. Christopher Perrin contemplates the distinction between the active life and the contemplative life, and the necessary harmony between the two.



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The Florilegium (aka The Commonplace Book)

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The Monastic Tradition of Education

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