Contemplative Perseverance in the Face of Suffering (Good Disagreement, Part 2‪)‬ Wholly Orders

In the face of even unbearable stupidity and evil, the contemplative path retains an essential relationship to truth before any accidental or derivative considerations.



Civilization ultimately rests not upon the transient, but rather upon the permanent things.



For this very reason, the role of the contemplative, unlike that of the ideologue, is essential to civilization.