It takes the average reader 4 hours and 16 minutes to read Action Versus Contemplation by Jennifer Summit
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” Blaise Pascal wrote in 1654. But then there’s Walt Whitman, in 1856: “Whoever you are, come forth! Or man or woman come forth! / You must not stay sleeping and dallying there in the house.” It is truly an ancient debate: Is it better to be active or contemplative? To do or to think? To make an impact, or to understand the world more deeply? Aristotle argued for contemplation as the highest state of human flourishing. But it was through action that his student Alexander the Great conquered the known world....
Action Versus Contemplation by Jennifer Summit is 253 pages long, and a total of 64,009 words.
This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read Action Versus Contemplation aloud.
Action Versus Contemplation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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