Alain de Botton - Secular thinkers have a separation between thinking and doing. They don't have...

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Secular thinkers have a separation between thinking and doing. They don't have a grasp of the balance sheet. The doers are selling us potted plants and pizzas while the thinkers are a little bit unworldly. Religions both think and do.

Alain de Botton

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Weltliche Denker haben eine Trennung zwischen Denken und Handeln. Sie haben keinen Überblick über die Bilanz. Die Macher verkaufen uns Topfpflanzen und Pizzen, während die Denker ein wenig weltfremd sind. Religionen denken und tun.

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