“collectivity, on the other hand, is the place of what the seventeenth-century French philosopher Blaise Pascal calls “divertissement,” an untranslatable word which roughly means “distraction” or “diversion”: It is the escape from life’s problems, and also its invitations, into activities… — William H. Shannon Copy Share Image
“God works in history, therefore a contemplative who has no sense of history, no sense of historical responsibility, is not fully a Christian contemplative.” — William H. Shannon Copy Share Image
“collectivity, on the other hand, is the place of what the seventeenth-century French philosopher Blaise Pascal calls “divertissement,” an untranslatable word which roughly means… — William H. Shannon Copy Share Image
