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Analysis Of Leisure The Basis Of Culture Pieper

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From “Leisure: The Basis of Culture” by Pieper, he describes the difference of what it means to be at leisure and laziness. Regardless of the time era, even back then the Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe they had times of leisure, usually in the forms of festivals. Nowadays, leisure time happens more frequently to the point where it can actually be seen as laziness. How come? How much did leisure change over the past hundreds of years? For starters, mentioned in “Leisure: The Basis of Culture” Pieper mentions how festivals are meant to worship or praise God (or the goodness of creation) while at the same time letting people recharge and ready to get back in the workforce. Nowadays, festivals are usually just for entertainment rather than

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