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Tradition as Challenge – Essays and Speeches
Not Yet the Twilight – An Autobiography 1945–1964
Volume 2 of Josef Pieper’s three-part autobiography is here presented for the first time in English translation. The volume represents not just a simple continuation of a seamless …
A Journey to Point Omega – Autobiography from 1964
This volume, the original version of which was published in 1988, brings to a close the autobiographical writings of a modern Christian philosopher who lived through the two World …
In Tune With The World
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 …
Traditional Truth, Poetry, Sacrament – For My Mother, on Her 70th Birthday
Pieper collects his contributions to radio programs and to a number of journals and periodicals. The book also includes a selection of notes and comments. The contributions fall …
What Does "Academic" Mean? – Two Essays on the Chances of the University Today
Death And Immortality
Explains the meaning of death.
Enthusiasm And Divine Madness
Brings the actual situation in the dialogue - Athens and its intellectuals engaged in spirited debate - alive. Equally alive is the discussions of ideas, which are brought to bear …
Exercises in the Elements – Essays, Speeches, Notes
This title, which at first sight seems curious, shows Pieper’s philosophical work as rooted in the basics. He takes his inspiration from Plato – and his Socrates – and Thomas …
The Christian Idea of Man
In The Christian Idea of Man Josef Pieper brings off an extraordinary feat. He acknowledges that whoever introduces the theme of “virtue” and “the virtues” can expect to be met …