Le calme et le silence necessaires au savant ont je ne sais quoi de doux, d'enivrant comme l'amour. L'exercice de la pensee, la recherche des idees, les contemplations tranquilles de la science nous prodiguent d'ineffables delices, indescriptibles comme tout ce qui participe de l'intelligence, dont les phenomenes sont invisibles a nos sens exterieurs.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He likens the calm and silence needed for scholarship to a sweet, intoxicating love, describing thought and science as offering indescribable delights beyond sensory perception.
- In plain terms
- Scholarship's calm is like a sweet love, giving indescribable mental pleasure.
- What can you take from it?
- Seek quiet contemplation for deep intellectual joy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does silence affect your thinking?
- Can love and intellect truly merge?
Another view
Not everyone experiences scholarship as pleasurable.
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