I t's pointless t o add here that t h e sedentariness o f this spiritual cul ture matches, in all respects, the sedentariness behind the customary urbanity of the city and o f the fixed settlement of populations that were once nomadi, like the monks of earlier orders - the rule of Saint Benedict. lhose monks were also nomadic (gyrovague) and subject to unforeseen events in a meandering that was conducive to all kinds of deviant behaviour, contemplation for them being j ust a solitary form of prayer.
Lastly, we might mention that, once he was back fr<;>m the concentration camps, Primo Levi would spend hours in front of his computer
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