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Happiness and Contemplation

Richard Winston

4.4/5 ( ratings)

"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.

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Paperback

Publisher: St. Augustines Press

Release: November 15, 1998

ISBN: 1890318310

ISBN 13: 9781890318314

Happiness and Contemplation

Richard Winston

4.4/5 ( ratings)

"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.

Language: English

Pages: 144

Format: Paperback

Publisher: St. Augustines Press

Release: November 15, 1998

ISBN: 1890318310

ISBN 13: 9781890318314

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