Wenn man bedenkt, was die Menschen meinen, wenn sie vom Glück sprechen oder Glück wünschen - etwa zum Geburtstag, zur Hochzeit oder zum Neuen Jahr ¿ , dann mag es eine Überraschung oder gar Provokation sein, wenn es heißt: Das äußerste Glück des Menschen liegt in der Kontemplation. Dieser Satz ist es, der hier von Josef Pieper interpretiert wird. In der äußersten Kontemplation wird der Mensch eines Lichtes ansichtig, dessen abgründige Helligkeit beides erzeugt: Beglückung und Erblindung.
Wenn man bedenkt, was die Menschen meinen, wenn sie vom Glück sprechen oder Glück wünschen - etwa zum Geburtstag, zur Hochzeit oder zum Neuen Jahr ...
This title, which at first sight seems curious, shows Pieper's philosophical work as rooted in the basics. He takes his inspiration from Plato - and his Socrates - and Thomas Aquinas. With them, he is interested in philosophy as pure theory, the theoretical being precisely the non-practical. The philosophizer wants to know what all existence is fundamentally about, what "reality" "really" means. With Plato, Pieper eschews the use of language to convince an audience of anything which is not the truth. If Plato was opposed to the sophists - amongst them the politicians -, Pieper is likewise...
This title, which at first sight seems curious, shows Pieper's philosophical work as rooted in the basics. He takes his inspiration from Plato - and h...
This title, which at first sight seems curious, shows Pieper's philosophical work as rooted in the basics. He takes his inspiration from Plato - and his Socrates - and Thomas Aquinas. With them, he is interested in philosophy as pure theory, the theoretical being precisely the non-practical. The philosophizer wants to know what all existence is fundamentally about, what "reality" "really" means. With Plato, Pieper eschews the use of language to convince an audience of anything which is not the truth. If Plato was opposed to the sophists - amongst them the politicians -, Pieper is likewise...
This title, which at first sight seems curious, shows Pieper's philosophical work as rooted in the basics. He takes his inspiration from Plato - and h...