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Otium
Otium is a Latin term that refers to leisure time—specifically, time that is free from work, duties, or business, and is devoted to activities that are personally fulfilling, such as contemplation, study, writing, art, or relaxation.
Key Points about Otium:
• Origin: Ancient Rome; the opposite of negotium (business or work).
• Meaning: Not just
... See morel’otium auquel, dans la nouvelle, se livre Cicéron après s’être retiré de la vie publique, est un concept fondamental dans l’Antiquité romaine. Temps de loisir personnel, consacré idéalement à la réflexion, ce terme est bien saisi par l’auteur autrichien, qui l’enrichit d’ailleurs d’un véritable plaidoyer en faveur, d’une part, de la liberté intéri
... See moreStefan Zweig • Cicéron (French Edition)
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
A Blessing For One Who Is Exhausted, By John O'Donohue | DailyGood
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the desired state of humanity was otium (not so much ‘leisure’, as it is usually translated, but the state of being in control of one’s own time); ‘business’ of any kind was its undesirable opposite, negotium (‘not otium’).
