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The Four Cardinal Virtues

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In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues.

Translations originally published as three books: Fortitude and Temperance translated by Daniel F. Coogan ; Justice translated by Lawrence E. Lynch ; and Prudence translated by Richard and Clara Winston .

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

Release: March 31, 1990

ISBN: 0268001030

ISBN 13: 9780268001032

The Four Cardinal Virtues

4.4/5 ( ratings)

In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues.

Translations originally published as three books: Fortitude and Temperance translated by Daniel F. Coogan ; Justice translated by Lawrence E. Lynch ; and Prudence translated by Richard and Clara Winston .

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

Release: March 31, 1990

ISBN: 0268001030

ISBN 13: 9780268001032

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