In Defense of Philosophy

Name: In Defense of Philosophy
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ISBN: 9780898703979

ISBN-10: 0898703972

ISBN-13: 9780898703979

Edition: N/A

Authors: Josef Pieper, Lothar Krauth

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This book is an engagement between a great modern philosopher defending classical philosophy against an army of challengers to the very notion of philosophy as classically conceived. It is written very much in the spirit of the "scholastic disputations" in the 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, Pieper shows us the unique and uniquely valuable thing philosophy is as conceived by his masters: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle,…

Book details

List price: $12.95
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English