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Leisure: The Basis of Culture

Josef Pieper

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The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 6d is days, 4yr is years.

Paul Millerd recommends it
A short but powerful reflection from post-WWII Germany on 'true leisure' not mere relaxation or entertainment—is fundamental to human flourishing and the foundation of a meaningful life and culture.

on pathlesspath.com · 21 Mar 2025

This book on rcmnd →

That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.