The Four Cardinal Virtues
Human Agency, Intellectual Traditions, and Responsible Knowledge
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press
Published:31st Mar '90
Should be back in stock very soon
In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Joseph Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues.
“Dr. Pieper, with his grounding in Scholastic thinking, especially Thomas Aquinas, brings to the reader an interpretation of this classical tradition that has things to say about the human person today. He attempts to make what could become a list of requirements for ethical behavior into a human quest for the wisdom that enables one to become the kind of person one strives to be.” —Studies in Formative Spirituality
“Oddly tantalizing. . . The discussion is historically broad (Platonism to Heidegger), and the parallels drawn are often surprisingly sharp.” —Kirkus Reviews
ISBN: 9780268001032
Dimensions: 203mm x 133mm x 13mm
Weight: 266g
248 pages