"In Nature's infinite book of secrecy, A little I can read." - William Shakespeare. Environmental degradation. Globalization. The closure of our public life to the transcendent dimensions of human existence. For esteemed philosopher Kenneth Schmitz, these are the by-products of modernity and post-modernity. But "The Recovery of Wonder" is not a denunciation of modern philosophy. Instead, it seeks to point out what needs to be rethought at fundamental levels of our understanding, and to show clearly how contemporary social concerns can be illuminated by a new look at the history of philosophy....