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The Origins of Contemplation
The word contempt comes from the Latin content, nare. It was to condemn someone or look on them with a scanche - exactly what we're talking about today. Whereas contemplation has got a temple at its heart, because contemplary was to consult the birds, the auspices, and then basically settle on the right time to do something. And inaugurating also goes back to the organs who would track the movements of the birds and then decide when something was auspicious at the right time.
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