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1	Leisure: The Basis of Culture more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist In this elegantly written (and produced) work, Josef Pieper introduces the reader to an understanding that leisure is nothing less than "an attitude of mind and a condition of the soul that fosters a capacity to perceive the reality of the world." Beginning with the Greeks, and through a series of philosophic, religious, and historical examples, ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $9.06! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Guide to Thomas Aquinas more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! new only from $8.75! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Happiness & Contemplation more books like this by Josef Pieper, Clara Winston (Translator), Professor Richard Winston (Translator) add to wishlist "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 ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $13.06! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation more books like this by Josef Pieper, Lothar Krauth (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.82! new only from $3.82! \| SVS
5	Four Cardinal Virtues more books like this by Josef Pieper, Joseph Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $17.11! new only from $19.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Divine Madness: Plato's Case Against Secular Humanism more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist The interpretation offered here focuses on Plato's thesis, which at first sight appears strange and unrealistic, that those experiences that advance human life to its true fullness are bestowed on us only during a "god-given" state of "being-beside-oneself". This thesis is then resolutely confronted with our contemporary and above all ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
7	The Silence of St. Thomas: Three Essays more books like this by Josef Pieper, John Murray (Translator), Daniel O'Connor (Translator) add to wishlist A single theme runs through the three essays on St. Thomas gather in this book. It is the theme of mystery or, more exactly, the response of the searching human intellect to the fact of mystery. Both the fact and the response are suggested in a short biography of St. Thomas that forms the first essay and are then sketched out in detail by a ... see all copies from $92.25! new only from $97.80!
8	In Tune with the World: A Theory of Festivity more books like this by Josef Pieper, Clara Winston (Translator), Professor Richard Winston (Translator) add to wishlist In this stimulating and still-timely study, Josef Pieper takes up a theme of paramount importance to his thinking -- that festivals belong by rights among the great topics of philosophical discussion. As he develops his theory of festivity, the modern age comes under close and painful scrutiny. It is obvious that we no longer know what festivity ... see all copies from $3.94! new only from $10.77! \| first editions
9	Faith, Hope, Love more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist This volume, three separate books in one edition, is a collection of Josef Pieper's famous treatises on the three theological virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love. Pieper is perhaps the most popular Thomist philosopher of the twentieth century. see all copies from $13.41! new only from $13.41! \| SVS
10	Josef Pieper : an anthology more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $11.06! new only from $14.95!
11 view cover	The Human Wisdom of St. Thomas: A Breviary of Philosophy from the Works of St. Thomas Aquinas more books like this by Josef Pieper (Editor), Drostan MacLaren (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.87! new only from $8.72! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Scholasticism; personalities and problems of medieval philosophy. more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $3.99! new only from $13.22! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart more books like this by Josef Pieper, Lothar Krauth (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.97! new only from $5.94!
14 view cover	For Love of Wisdom: Essays on the Nature of Philosophy more books like this by Josef Pieper, Berthold Wald (Editor), Roger Wasserman (Translator) add to wishlist Pieper is acclaimed as one of the most popular modern scholastic philosophers of our age and widely read by scholars and common readers everywhere. This brilliant work synthesizes the meaning of philosophy as it pertains to our modern era, and responds to the spiritual needs and searching of modern man. see all copies from $7.37! new only from $12.04! \| SVS
15 view cover	The End of Time: A Meditation on the Philosophy of History more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist This is a work by Josef Pieper, one of this century's most profound and lucid expositors of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. This book was written to throw light on an ancient question that has vexed and tormented many. What is the nature of "The End" toward which, even now, the world and men are moving? Josef Pieper provides the most rigorous ... see all copies from $9.47! new only from $9.47! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	In Defense of Philosophy: Classical Wisdom Stands Up to Modern Challenges more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $3.78! new only from $8.17! \| SVS
17 view cover	In Search of the Sacred: Contributions to an Answer more books like this by Josef Pieper, Lothar Krauth (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! new only from $7.94! \| SVS
18 view cover	Enthusiasm & Divine Madness: On the Platonic Dialogue Phaedrus more books like this by Josef Pieper, Richard Winston (Translator), Clara Winston (Translator) add to wishlist Plato's famous dialogue, the Phaedrus, was variously subtitled in antiquity: "On Beauty", "On Love", "On the Psyche". It is also concerned with the art of rhetoric, of thought and communication. Pieper, noted for the grace and clarity of his style, gives an illuminating and stimulating interpretation of the dialogue. Leaving the more recondite ... see all copies from $7.67! new only from $13.06! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Concept of Sin more books like this by Josef Pieper, Edward T Oakes (Translator) add to wishlist In ordinary conversation, including among the "educated", the word "sin" rarely gets mentioned except when one is trying to be coy or facetious. As Thomas Mann once said, "sin" is nowadays "an amusing word used only when one is trying to get a laugh". But this small work will interpret sin in its true -- that is, serious -- meaning. What will ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Death and immortality. more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $7.24! new only from $11.00! \| SVS
21 view cover	Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power more books like this by Josef Pieper, Lothar Krauth (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.82! new only from $3.82! \| SVS
22	Scholasticism more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00!
23 view cover	Hope and History: Five Salzburg Lectures more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $4.91! new only from $7.75! \| SVS
24 view cover	What Catholics believe more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist The authors give, in brief and simple form, a summary of the fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church, and of the fruits of the faith contained in the teachings. The first part, see all copies from $5.51! first editions
25	On hope more books like this by Josef Pieper add to wishlist see all copies from $9.95! new only from $9.95!

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