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Happiness & Contemplation
Contributor(s): Pieper, Josef (Author)
ISBN: 1890318310     ISBN-13: 9781890318314
Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 1998
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Annotation: "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.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - General
Dewey: 248.34
LCCN: 98018476
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.40 lbs) 144 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Catholic
- Religious Orientation - Christian