Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and evoke an old educational concept called “study”. This is learning which leads to love and love which leads to learning. It is a dynamic experience which engenders transformation whose telos is simultaneously endlessly knowable and unknowable. The paper argues that it unites humans with the world, the material world with the transcendent, speed with slowness and alignment with resistance, in a series of antinomic relationships which come together in the heart. Study, it is argued, should form the basis of true education and a truly sustainable relationship with the world. Design/methodology/approach The paper’s approach is informed by the Eastern Orthodox Christian theology of ecology, particularly its complex and holistic concept of the heart and perceiving with the heart. It revels in the antinomies fostered by this tradition. Findings The paper’s findings are inevitably provisional. They stress the need for beauty in educational practice and indicate that the form of study described may foster an individual sense of vocation, which can transform self and the world. Originality/value The paper hopes to contribute to a re-orientation in education, sustainability and ecology.

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如今，永远，直到千古年龄的紧迫感：研究和恢复地球上的天堂

目的本文的目的是探索和唤起一种古老的教育概念，称为“学习”。这是学习导致爱，而爱则导致学习。这是一种动态体验，它带来了转变，其端粒同时无休止地可知和不可知。该论文认为，它把人与世界，物质世界与超然，速度与缓慢，抵抗力相结合，并在一系列相互关联的心中联系在一起。有人认为，研究应该构成真正的教育和与世界真正可持续的关系的基础。设计/方法论/方法本文的方法是由东正教基督教生态神学提供的，尤其是其关于心脏以及对心脏的感知的复杂而整体的概念。它揭示了这一传统所养成的对立面。结论本文的结论不可避免地是临时的。他们强调在教育实践中对美的需求，并指出所描述的学习形式可以培养个人的职业意识，这可以改变自我和世界。原创性/价值本文希望为教育，可持续性和生态学的重新定位做出贡献。