"Time and the Art of Living" by Robert Grudin

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The paper analyzes the main concept put forward in Grudin's book that people do not make the best use of their time and looks at the way this philosophy explains much about our time oriented society. The paper examines society's preoccupation with time, and the way the author encourages the reader to think more about their goals and aspirations, rather than their day-to-day existence. The paper admires Grudin's effective arguments yet criticizes his use of duplication throughout the book.

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"One important theme Grudin talks about in the book is how we are "impoverished in time" (Grudin 6). This is an interesting and compelling thought, and bears deeper investigation. Literally, all we have in life is time, and yet, there is never enough of it. Grudin explains this phenomenon in a variety of ways, but ultimately breaks it down between people who look toward the future, and people who can only see their day-to-day existence."

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