Human life means to me the life of beings for whom the leisured activities of thought, art, literature, conversation are the end, and the preservation and propagation of life merely the means. That is why education seems to me so important: it actualizes the potential for leisure, if you like for amateurishness, which is man's prerogative. (C. S. Lewis, Rehabilitations and Other Essays)
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The passage presents an argument for the importance of education in actualizing the potential for leisure and amateurishness, which the author believes is a prerogative of humans.

Human Life Means to Me the Life of Beings for Whom