“The real difference between the nomad and us has little to do with these men of action; it is precisely because a city like ours has a teahouse, keeps its men of inaction—who produce nothing, whose only responsibility is to the leisure of thought—that the society of the city is different from that of the wild. And so, I submit to you, my colleagues, that we have no reason to feel shame for our work. It is we who give this city meaning. The”