Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation

Josef Pieper

ISBN 10: 0898703026 / ISBN 13: 9780898703023

Edité par Ignatius Press, 1990

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Synopsis :

The popular and highly regarded Pieper speaks of the necessity for human persons to be able to contemplate and appreciate beauty to develop their full humanity. Pieper expresses succinctly that the foundation of the human person in society is leisure, free time in which one can contemplate, be receptive to being and its beauty.

À propos de l'auteur:

Josef Pieper, perhaps the most popular Thomist philosopher of the twentieth century, was schooled in the Greek classics and the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. He also studied philosophy, law, and sociology, and he was a professor at the University of Munster, West Germany. His numerous books have been widely praised by both the secular and religious press.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation
Éditeur : Ignatius Press
Date d'édition : 1990
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good