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TEXTO I
The re-enchantment of everyday life
Thomas Moore
Enchantment is both the capacity of the world to charm us and the inspiration that comes upon us when we open ourselves to the magic in everyday experiences. An enchanted world is alive and rich in personality.
It reveals itself to us in its beauty and poetic presence that ultimately make life feel worth living.
Over the years, we have taken such pride in our scientific and technological achievements that we have come to imagine our entire lives as mechanical (1). We prize our rationality and quantifying methods, believing that they offer unmatched reliability. We have even introduced them into our arts (2) and our psychological studies and therapies.
But we pay a price for this kind of progress. We have lost much that quickens the heart and nurtures the imagination. Our arts are marginalized as never before. Education has been reduced to information gathering and training. Medicine neglects the soul and spirit, and focuses exclusively on the purely physical dimensions of the person, using only mechanical and chemical means of healing. Politics appears obsessed with power and money instead of genuine needs of communities. All of these aspects of modern life hurt the soul and, therefore, decrease our humanity.
It’s tempting to respond to these serious problems with remedies (3) that remain within the paradigm of modern culture instead of imagining an altogether different way of life. A philosophy of enchantment turns current values upside down and asks that we step outside the frontiers of contemporary wisdom. Instead of rushing into the future, we might profoundly appreciate the past, and instead of treating nature as an inert, inanimate substance - a resource for making the merely physical world, we might grant it its soul and personality. We become enchanted and inspired when we open our senses and our imagination to the song and speech of the world.
To live in an enchanting world we have to assume a receptive posture rather than an exclusively active one. We can become skilled at allowing the world in, taking its secrets to heart and finding power outside of ourselves. This is the chief teaching of the wise, who have explored the secret potentialities of nature and human ingenuity in every period of history and in every culture. When, emptied of the debris of modernism, we enjoy the role of being a conduit for the powers that lie outside us, the world floods us with its wisdom and support.
(http://www.spiritualityhealth.com)
O título do texto - The re-enchantment of everyday life - sintetiza o objetivo da argumentação do autor.
a) Explique a relação existente entre o uso do prefixo re e os conselhos dados ao leitor.
b) Identifique, no quarto parágrafo, as duas alternativas que devem ser rejeitadas para que a ideia expressa no título se concretize.
TEXTO I
The re-enchantment of everyday life
Thomas Moore
Enchantment is both the capacity of the world to charm us and the inspiration that comes upon us when we open ourselves to the magic in everyday experiences. An enchanted world is alive and rich in personality.
It reveals itself to us in its beauty and poetic presence that ultimately make life feel worth living.
Over the years, we have taken such pride in our scientific and technological achievements that we have come to imagine our entire lives as mechanical (1). We prize our rationality and quantifying methods, believing that they offer unmatched reliability. We have even introduced them into our arts (2) and our psychological studies and therapies.
But we pay a price for this kind of progress. We have lost much that quickens the heart and nurtures the imagination. Our arts are marginalized as never before. Education has been reduced to information gathering and training. Medicine neglects the soul and spirit, and focuses exclusively on the purely physical dimensions of the person, using only mechanical and chemical means of healing. Politics appears obsessed with power and money instead of genuine needs of communities. All of these aspects of modern life hurt the soul and, therefore, decrease our humanity.
It’s tempting to respond to these serious problems with remedies (3) that remain within the paradigm of modern culture instead of imagining an altogether different way of life. A philosophy of enchantment turns current values upside down and asks that we step outside the frontiers of contemporary wisdom. Instead of rushing into the future, we might profoundly appreciate the past, and instead of treating nature as an inert, inanimate substance - a resource for making the merely physical world, we might grant it its soul and personality. We become enchanted and inspired when we open our senses and our imagination to the song and speech of the world.
To live in an enchanting world we have to assume a receptive posture rather than an exclusively active one. We can become skilled at allowing the world in, taking its secrets to heart and finding power outside of ourselves. This is the chief teaching of the wise, who have explored the secret potentialities of nature and human ingenuity in every period of history and in every culture. When, emptied of the debris of modernism, we enjoy the role of being a conduit for the powers that lie outside us, the world floods us with its wisdom and support.
(http://www.spiritualityhealth.com)
O primeiro parágrafo tem como função definir e ilustrar o conceito central do texto.
a) Defina encantamento sob a ótica do autor.
b) Indique os dois efeitos do encantamento sobre o mundo.
TEXTO I
The re-enchantment of everyday life
Thomas Moore
Enchantment is both the capacity of the world to charm us and the inspiration that comes upon us when we open ourselves to the magic in everyday experiences. An enchanted world is alive and rich in personality.
It reveals itself to us in its beauty and poetic presence that ultimately make life feel worth living.
Over the years, we have taken such pride in our scientific and technological achievements that we have come to imagine our entire lives as mechanical (1). We prize our rationality and quantifying methods, believing that they offer unmatched reliability. We have even introduced them into our arts (2) and our psychological studies and therapies.
But we pay a price for this kind of progress. We have lost much that quickens the heart and nurtures the imagination. Our arts are marginalized as never before. Education has been reduced to information gathering and training. Medicine neglects the soul and spirit, and focuses exclusively on the purely physical dimensions of the person, using only mechanical and chemical means of healing. Politics appears obsessed with power and money instead of genuine needs of communities. All of these aspects of modern life hurt the soul and, therefore, decrease our humanity.
It’s tempting to respond to these serious problems with remedies (3) that remain within the paradigm of modern culture instead of imagining an altogether different way of life. A philosophy of enchantment turns current values upside down and asks that we step outside the frontiers of contemporary wisdom. Instead of rushing into the future, we might profoundly appreciate the past, and instead of treating nature as an inert, inanimate substance - a resource for making the merely physical world, we might grant it its soul and personality. We become enchanted and inspired when we open our senses and our imagination to the song and speech of the world.
To live in an enchanting world we have to assume a receptive posture rather than an exclusively active one. We can become skilled at allowing the world in, taking its secrets to heart and finding power outside of ourselves. This is the chief teaching of the wise, who have explored the secret potentialities of nature and human ingenuity in every period of history and in every culture. When, emptied of the debris of modernism, we enjoy the role of being a conduit for the powers that lie outside us, the world floods us with its wisdom and support.
(http://www.spiritualityhealth.com)
A argumentação do autor é estruturada a partir da descrição de aspectos negativos da vida moderna e da indicação de soluções para os mesmos.
a) Cite em que parágrafos estão contidos os aspectos negativos e as soluções.
b) Identifique duas ações que efetivamente solucionariam os problemas.
TEXTO I
The re-enchantment of everyday life
Thomas Moore
Enchantment is both the capacity of the world to charm us and the inspiration that comes upon us when we open ourselves to the magic in everyday experiences. An enchanted world is alive and rich in personality.
It reveals itself to us in its beauty and poetic presence that ultimately make life feel worth living.
Over the years, we have taken such pride in our scientific and technological achievements that we have come to imagine our entire lives as mechanical (1). We prize our rationality and quantifying methods, believing that they offer unmatched reliability. We have even introduced them into our arts (2) and our psychological studies and therapies.
But we pay a price for this kind of progress. We have lost much that quickens the heart and nurtures the imagination. Our arts are marginalized as never before. Education has been reduced to information gathering and training. Medicine neglects the soul and spirit, and focuses exclusively on the purely physical dimensions of the person, using only mechanical and chemical means of healing. Politics appears obsessed with power and money instead of genuine needs of communities. All of these aspects of modern life hurt the soul and, therefore, decrease our humanity.
It’s tempting to respond to these serious problems with remedies (3) that remain within the paradigm of modern culture instead of imagining an altogether different way of life. A philosophy of enchantment turns current values upside down and asks that we step outside the frontiers of contemporary wisdom. Instead of rushing into the future, we might profoundly appreciate the past, and instead of treating nature as an inert, inanimate substance - a resource for making the merely physical world, we might grant it its soul and personality. We become enchanted and inspired when we open our senses and our imagination to the song and speech of the world.
To live in an enchanting world we have to assume a receptive posture rather than an exclusively active one. We can become skilled at allowing the world in, taking its secrets to heart and finding power outside of ourselves. This is the chief teaching of the wise, who have explored the secret potentialities of nature and human ingenuity in every period of history and in every culture. When, emptied of the debris of modernism, we enjoy the role of being a conduit for the powers that lie outside us, the world floods us with its wisdom and support.
(http://www.spiritualityhealth.com)
Over the years, we have taken such pride in our scientific and technological achievements that we have come to imagine our entire lives as mechanical. (1)
Com base no trecho acima, aponte:
a) As funções da expressão such...that e do termo as;
b) As duas construções, em inglês, que indicam período de tempo.
TEXTO I
The re-enchantment of everyday life
Thomas Moore
Enchantment is both the capacity of the world to charm us and the inspiration that comes upon us when we open ourselves to the magic in everyday experiences. An enchanted world is alive and rich in personality.
It reveals itself to us in its beauty and poetic presence that ultimately make life feel worth living.
Over the years, we have taken such pride in our scientific and technological achievements that we have come to imagine our entire lives as mechanical (1). We prize our rationality and quantifying methods, believing that they offer unmatched reliability. We have even introduced them into our arts (2) and our psychological studies and therapies.
But we pay a price for this kind of progress. We have lost much that quickens the heart and nurtures the imagination. Our arts are marginalized as never before. Education has been reduced to information gathering and training. Medicine neglects the soul and spirit, and focuses exclusively on the purely physical dimensions of the person, using only mechanical and chemical means of healing. Politics appears obsessed with power and money instead of genuine needs of communities. All of these aspects of modern life hurt the soul and, therefore, decrease our humanity.
It’s tempting to respond to these serious problems with remedies (3) that remain within the paradigm of modern culture instead of imagining an altogether different way of life. A philosophy of enchantment turns current values upside down and asks that we step outside the frontiers of contemporary wisdom. Instead of rushing into the future, we might profoundly appreciate the past, and instead of treating nature as an inert, inanimate substance - a resource for making the merely physical world, we might grant it its soul and personality. We become enchanted and inspired when we open our senses and our imagination to the song and speech of the world.
To live in an enchanting world we have to assume a receptive posture rather than an exclusively active one. We can become skilled at allowing the world in, taking its secrets to heart and finding power outside of ourselves. This is the chief teaching of the wise, who have explored the secret potentialities of nature and human ingenuity in every period of history and in every culture. When, emptied of the debris of modernism, we enjoy the role of being a conduit for the powers that lie outside us, the world floods us with its wisdom and support.
(http://www.spiritualityhealth.com)
Observe os seguintes fragmentos:
1) We have even introduced $\underline{\textit{them into our arts}}$ (2)
2) Its tempting to respond to $\underline{\textit{these serious problems}}$ with remedies (3)
As palavras sublinhadas são exemplos de mecanismo de coesão textual.
Indique:
a) Os referentes de them no fragmento 1;
b) Dois dos problemas a que se refere o fragmento 2.
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