For the Love of Wisdom: Essays on the Nature of Philosophy

by Josef Pieper

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2006

Overview

In these elegant and engaging essays, internationally acclaimed Thomist philosopher Josef Pieper defines and defends philosophy as the search for and love of wisdom. True philosophy is not the work of joyless academics pondering over esoteric writings that have no bearing on real life. Rather, the philosophical act, in which all reasonable men can participate, begins in wonder at what is, and gratitude for what is given, and ends in love. In his encyclical letter Fides et Ratio, Pope John Paul II called for a revitalization of true philosophy, for man can find fulfillment “only in choosing to enter the truth, to make a home under the shade of Wisdom and dwell there.” Pieper’s essays make the same ardent and convincing plea.

Product Details

• Title: For the Love of Wisdom: Essays on the Nature of Philosophy
• Author: Josef Pieper
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 335
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Philosophy
• ISBNs: 9781586170875, 1586170872
• Resource ID: LLS:FORLOVEOFWISDOM
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:44:24Z

About Josef Pieper

Josef Pieper (May 4, 1904 – November 6, 1997) was a German Catholic philosopher, at the forefront of the Neo-Thomistic wave in twentieth century Catholic philosophy. Among his most notable works are The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance; Leisure: the Basis of Culture; The Philosophical Act and Guide to Thomas Aquinas (published in England as Introduction to Thomas Aquinas). He translated C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, into German.