SPRING 2013 - Ignatius Press

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Josef Pieper
Leisure, the Basis of Culture • Including
The Philosophical Act
One of the most important philosophy titles published
in the 20th century, Leisure, the Basis of Culture
is more significant today than it was when it first
appeared more than fifty years ago. This edition also
includes Pieper’s work The Philosophical Act and a
new foreword by Fr. James V. Schall.
LBC-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 145 pp, $14.95
Guide to Thomas Aquinas E
A penetrating introduction to the life and works of
Aquinas. Pieper provides a biography of Aquinas
and a wonderful synthesis of his vast writings.
GTA-P . . . 182 pp, Sewn Softcover, $16.95
In Search of the Sacred
“‘Is nothing sacred anymore’ is a question often
heard. Pieper enables us to see what a thoroughly
secularized culture has lost and at the same time
he draws attention to the Church, the altar, the
Eucharist.’’ —Dr. Ralph McInerny
ISS-P . . . 136 pp, Sewn Softcover, $12.95
Josef Pieper: An Anthology E
Pieper has selected the best and most representative
passages of his works and arranged them in an
order that gives sense to the whole and aids in the
understanding of each excerpt.
JPA-P . . . 241 pp, Sewn Softcover, $17.95
Hope and History E
Pieper looks at the movement of history, the idea
of progress, man’s hope for a better future, and he
offers a Christian philosophy of hope.
HH-P . . . 112 pp, Sewn Softcover, $9.95
In Defense of Philosophy
Pieper shows us the uniquely valuable thing philosophy
is. Gems of insight such as: art and religion
as Philosophy’s defenders, and the relationship
between philosophy and science.
IDP-P . . . 128 pp, Sewn Softcover, $12.95
A Brief Reader on the Virtues
of the Human Heart
Pieper’s account of the centrality and meaning of the
virtues is a needed primer to teach us the relationship
of the virtues and how they relate to the faith.
BRV-P . . . 54 pp, Sewn Softcover, $8.95
Faith, Hope, Love E
This is three separate books in one edition, a collection
of Pieper’s famous treatises on the three theological
virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love.
FHL-P . . . 302 pp, Sewn Softcover, $17.95
On Hope E
Pieper applies the perennial wisdom of Thomas
Aquinas to the needs of the present day. Pieper
illuminates the entire Christian life through the
virtue of hope.
OH-P . . . 104 pp, Sewn Softcover, $9.95
Only the Lover Sings
Pieper speaks of the necessity for human persons to
be able to contemplate and appreciate beauty.
OLS-P . . . 76 pp, Sewn Softcover, $7.95
Divine Madness
Pieper focuses on Plato’s thesis that those experiences
that advance human life to its true fullness
are bestowed on us only during a “god-given” state
of “being-beside-oneself”. This thesis is confronted
with the Christian conception of man’s existence.
DIM-P . . . 60 pp, Sewn Softcover, $8.95
Abuse of Language Abuse of Power
Pieper reflects on the way language has been abused
so that, instead of being a means of communicating
the truth and of the acquisition of wisdom, it is being
used to control people and manipulate them.
ALAP-P . . . 60 pp, Sewn Softcover, $9.95
For Love of Wisdom E
Essays on the Nature of Philosophy
In these elegant and engaging essays, Josef Pieper
defines and defends philosophy as the search for
and love of wisdom.
FLOW-P . . . 335 pp, Sewn Softcover, $19.95
The End of Time E
This is a work of rare prophetic brilliance by one
of this century’s greatest Thomistic philosophers
which throws light on an ancient question that
has vexed many. What is the nature of “The End”
towards which the world is moving
ET-P . . . 165 pp, Sewn Softcover, $11.95
Étienne Gilson
Methodical Realism E
A Handbook for Beginning Realists
Étienne Gilson
The book’s title may sound esoteric but it reflects a
common-sense outlook on the world, applied in a
“methodical” way. That approach, known as realism,
consists in emphasizing the fact that what is real
precedes our concepts about it.
MR-P . . . 112 pp, Sewn Softcover, $16.95
Thomist Realism E
and The Critique of Knowledge • Étienne Gilson
Gilson brilliantly plumbs the depths of Thomistic
Realism, and false Thomisms as well, in this answer
to Kantian modernism. The important work brings
the essential elements of philosophy into view as
a cohesive, readily understandable, and erudite
structure, and does so rigorously in the best tradition
of St. Thomas.
TR2-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 215 pp, $18.95
From Aristotle to Darwin and Back Again
A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution
étienne Gilson
Gilson sets out to show that final causality or purposiveness
and formal causality are principles for
those who think about the world, including the
world of biology. His approach relies on philosophical
reflection on science, not upon an appeal to religious
authorities such as the Church or the Bible.
FADBA-P . . . Sewn Softcover, 254 pp, $16.95
The Unity of Philosophical Experience
étienne Gilson
Shows that the history of philosophy makes philosophical
sense, and defines its meaning in regard to
the nature of philosophical knowledge itself.
UPE-P . . . 285 pp, Softcover, $17.95
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