Happiness and Contemplation - Couverture souple

Pieper, Josef

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1890318310 ISBN 13 : 9781890318314

Editeur : St Augustine's Press, 1998

Synopsis

"The ultimate of human happiness is to be found in contemplation".

In offering this proposition of Thomas Aquinas to our thought, Josef Pieper uses traditional wisdom in order to throw light on present-day reality and present-day psychological problems. What, in fact, does one pursue in pursuing happiness? What, in the consensus of the wisdom of the early Greeks, of Plato and Aristotle, of the New Testament, of Augustine and Aquinas, is that condition of perfect bliss toward which all life and effort tend by nature?

In this profound and illuminating inquiry, Pieper considers the nature of contemplation, and the meaning and goal of life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Josef Pieper is considered the greatest Thomist philosopher of the twentieth century, and is the author of many work in philosophy and theology. St. Augustine’s Press has published over nineteen of his works thus far.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: St Augustine's Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1890318310
• ISBN 13: 9781890318314
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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