One of the great philosophers of the 20th Century, Josef Pieper, gives a penetrating introduction and guide to the life and works of perhaps the greatest philosopher ever, St. Thomas Aquinas. Pieper provides a biography of Aquinas, an overview of the 13th century he lived in, and a wonderful synthesis of his vast writings. Pieper shows how Aquinas reconciled the pragmatic thought of Aristotle with the Church, proving that realistic knowledge need not preclude belief in the spiritual realities of religion. According to Pieper, the marriage of faith and reason proposed by Aquinas in his great...
One of the great philosophers of the 20th Century, Josef Pieper, gives a penetrating introduction and guide to the life and works of perhaps the great...
No better guide over the thousand-year period called the Middle Ages could be found than Josef Pieper. In this amazing tour de monde medievale, he moves easily back and forth between the figures and the doctrines that made medieval philosophy unique in Western thought. After reflecting on the invidious implications of the phrase 'Middle Ages,' Pieper turns to the fascinating personality of Boethius whose contribution to prison literature, The Consolation of Philosophy, is second only to the Bible in the number of manuscript copies. The Neo-Platonic figures - Dionysius and Eriugena - are the...
No better guide over the thousand-year period called the Middle Ages could be found than Josef Pieper. In this amazing tour de monde medievale, he mov...
One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leisure, the Basis of Culture is more significant, even more crucial, today than it was when it first appeared more than fifty years ago. This edition also includes his work The Philosophical Act.
One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leisure, the Basis of Culture is more significant, even...
Každý člověk touží po štěstí, zakouší ve svém nitru žízeň, která volá po utišení. Co to ovšem znamená být šťastný? Co nás činí šťastnými? A existuje něco jako nejvyšší štěstí? Autor ukazuje, že touha po štěstí je člověku přirozená. A má-li mít lidský život vůbec nějaký smysl, musí tato touha nakonec dojít naplnění. Onu nejhlubší žízeň ovšem nemůže utišit žádné dílčí dobro, pouze „dobro v úplnosti“, Bůh sám. Plnosti štěstí tedy dosáhneme až na věčnosti, kdy Boha uvidíme tváří v tvář. Ale už zde...
Každý člověk touží po štěstí, zakouší ve svém nitru žízeň, která volá po utišení. Co to ovšem znamená být šťastný? Co nás č...
