2020年5月26日 · Reminding us of who we once were and who we might become, Lost in Thought is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is fundamental to preserving our humanity. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now. One of these items ships sooner than the other.

2020年5月26日 · Lost in Thought provides reassurance that reading, writing, and seeking to grow intellectually have a purpose even if those efforts are not rewarded with academic titles, publishing contracts, sabbaticals, and the other trappings of the university.

2020年5月26日 · Lost in Thought mounts a direct challenge to anyone who would collapse contemplative work into a mere prelude to political action, gainful employment, or any other utilitarian pursuit. The development of one’s 'contemplative side,' for lack of …

2024年8月6日 · Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life by Zena Hitz (Princeton University Press, 2020) argues that learning is of value even without a marketable end goal. It's a book about the love of learning, the point of learning, and what learning is when pursued for its own sake.

Lost in Thought begins with Zena Hitz’s own story about feeling both useless and consumed with status as an academic. She writes about her journey back to a love of learning for its own sake, and then transitions to an examination of why an intellectual life is a good and worthy pursuit.

2020年1月1日 · Drawing on inspiring examples, from Socrates and Augustine to Malcolm X and Elena Ferrante, and from films to Hitz's own experiences as someone who walked away from elite university life in search of greater fulfillment, Lost in Thought is a passionate and timely reminder that a rich life is a life rich in thought.Today, when even the ...

2021年8月24日 · Reminding us of who we once were and who we might become, Lost in Thought is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is fundamental to preserving our humanity. Zena Hitz is a Tutor in the great books program at St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, where she also lives.

2019年3月19日 · We can find ourselves lost in thought at any point during the day. You may be at work, sat in a lecture, on a train or lying in bed waiting to go to sleep. In fact, 50% of your day can be spent lost in thought, wandering through random and disjointed fragments of your mind.

2023年11月7日 · When you’re lost in thought, it’s easy to forget that there are five experiences available to you aside from analytical thinking.

2024年10月18日 · The meaning of LOST IN THOUGHT is thinking about something and not paying attention to one's surroundings.