In Defense of Philosophy: Classical Wisdom Stands up to Modern Challenges
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Overview
This book is a battle between a great philosopher defending classical philosophy against an army of challengers to the very notion of philosophy as it is classically conceived. It is written in the spirit of the “scholastic disputations” of medieval universities, which produced the great summas—a mutual search for truth, a philosophical laboratory, a careful winnowing of each objection. Such objectivity is lamentably rare in contemporary philosophy. In order to combat modern misunderstandings of challenges to the classical concept of philosophy, Josef Pieper shows us the value of philosophy as conceived by his masters: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and above all, Aquinas. Along this path he scatters gems of insight, such as: art and religion as philosophy’s defenders, the relationship between philosophy and science, philosophy as “seeing and saying”, and philosophy as rooted in meditation and loving contemplation. Pieper emphasizes that philosophy is something all human beings do, and should be the better for doing.
- Title: In Defense of Philosophy: Classical Wisdom Stands up to Modern Challenges
- Author: Josef Pieper
- Publisher: Ignatius
- Print Publication Date: 1992
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Philosophy
- ISBNs: 9780898703979, 0898703972
- Resource ID: LLS:DFNSPHLSPHY
- Resource Type: Monograph
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