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Monasteries became epicenters of intellectual activity, where monks, free from the burdens of secular life, engaged in copying manuscripts, conducting scientific experiments, and composing theological treatises. 1.2 Thomas Aquinas further elaborated on the value of leisure in his Summa Theologica, arguing that contemplation, the highest form of leisure, was the ultimate human activity.