Paper On Pieper, Work, And Wonder. The World Of Work And

Paper on Pieper, Work, and Wonder The world of work and the world of wonder are two worlds that play a prominent role in the lives of humans. In that sense they are commensurable to one another, yet at the same there there is a clear distinction between how the two worlds worlds operate that make them incommensurable. The purpose of this paper is to to argue that the world of work is incommensurable with the world of wonder in certain senses, but commensurable in others. This will be done by providing evidence from Leisure, the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper, Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, and works of Plato. To start off with, the terms being discussed in this paper should be defined, meaning the world of wonder and world of work†¦show more content†¦It instead would focus on Theoria, activity that is focused on contemplation. Therefore, it can be said the world of wonder is not focused on producing something so much as aiming for something. It is not so much as to achieve that goal so much as striving for it. Now that the world of work and the world of wonder have been defined,, it can now be argued as to why they are incommensurable in certain cases while commensurable in others. Starting with why they are incommensurable, it can be clearly deduced from the definition above that the two worlds are opposites of one another. To elaborate on that idea, according to the world of work, people work to produce goods such as food. People get food to live. But then comes the question, people live to do what? From Pieper’s viewpoint it sort of seems that people live to work. It is ironic since the world of work is supposedly where man performs activities to fulfill their common needs to live and such. With this sort of viewpoint, it appears there is no real meaning to life or work as it is endless cycle with nothing possessing independent value. That is not the case with the world of wonder. As Plato would put it, humans live to achieve excellence as humans. Aristotle would put it as human strive for goodness, which is the fulfillment of its proper function. The proper function of humans according to Aristotle would be our ability toShow MoreRelatedCaring With Poor Pain Management And Barriers Towards Proper Care3954 Words   |  16 Pages Abstract This paper focuses on a situation involving a patient with poor pain management and barriers towards proper care as well as the resolutions to an ethical dilemma in which a nurse experiences a conflict regarding a cognitively impaired patient. Question of elder abuse also became involved in regards to decisions made by family members along with the patients activated health care proxy. The areas of focus include a review of the literature, a five part analysisRead MoreResearch Papers for Eudora Welty4544 Words   |  19 Pagescritical work that has been done on it, Professor Gretlund establishes both a scholarly and a critical context upon which my speculative concerns depend. It is in the light of his study that I have written what follows, intending to bring to the support of our common concern for literature a metaphysical dimension of concern which I believe appropriate to literary criticism. Eudora Welty has understood from the beginning a responsibility to the truth of things in response to the wonder and delightRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pagesobtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to Pearson Education, Inc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458. Many of the designations by manufacturers and seller to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks