No One Could Have Known: An Autobiography: The Early Years, 1904–1945

by Josef Pieper

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 1987

Overview

This engaging illustrated autobiography reveals a life that grew in and through momentous times. No One Could Have Known portrays the struggles of the young philosopher, his experiences during World War II, the evils of Nazism, and the difficulties of being an intellectual Christian during that period in history. Josef Pieper, well known as a lay philosopher who has popularized St. Thomas Aquinas, is respected throughout the world for his penetrating analysis and clear explanations of the most crucial Christian concepts. Trace his early years in the first part of the twentieth century, and his friendships with other intellectual leaders of our time—like Romano Guardini—that proved influential in Catholic intellectual history.

Product Details

• Title: No One Could Have Known: An Autobiography: The Early Years, 1904–1945
• Author: Josef Pieper
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 1987
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 227
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Pieper, Josef, 1904-1997; Philosophers › Germany (West)--Biography
• ISBNs: 9780898701319, 0898701317
• Resource ID: LLS:NNCLDHVKNWN
• Resource Type: text.monograph.autobiography
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:27:50Z

About Josef Pieper

Josef Pieper (May 4, 1904 – November 6, 1997) was a German Catholic philosopher, at the forefront of the Neo-Thomistic wave in twentieth century Catholic philosophy. Among his most notable works are The Four Cardinal Virtues: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance; Leisure: the Basis of Culture; The Philosophical Act and Guide to Thomas Aquinas (published in England as Introduction to Thomas Aquinas). He translated C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, into German.