According to Pieper “contemplating means first of all seeing and not thinking” (Pieper, 73). Pieper argues that “the Western tradition has exalted that attitude of receptive observation. The first statement... before Plato reached us... is from Anaxagoras, who asked the question similar to the catechism: "why are you here on earth?" he replied: “to see” – eis theorian… (Translated by the Romans as contemplation!)” (Pieper, 73). How can we be on earth to contemplate? You see, man was created to hear and to see; however, man also has the “capacity to see exceptionally intensely” (Pieper, 73). “Intensive” here gives the difference between contemplating and thinking regularly. Contemplation implied intense and deep thinking (somewhat critical thinking); while regular thinking is simply using the mind to consider and does not involve deep thought. Regular thinking is that mental process that has the act and capacity of producing thoughts. The purpose of contemplation is that we can retain and preserve in our memory whatever we have perceived visually. It is also such that we can see and not just limit ourselves to superficial reality. We must contemplate everything that surrounds us. Although every person has the ability to think, we should also have the ability to think