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Josef Pieper was a German philosopher known for his research into the Western philosophical tradition and his critical analysis of modern culture. His works covered various fields such as ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics, and had a profound impact on contemporary philosophy and the intellectual world.

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“All just order in the world is based on this, that man give man what is his due.”

Men World Giving Order Dues

Book:The four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance

Source: The four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance

“Material things have closed boundaries; they are not accessible, cannot be penetrated, by things outside themselves. But one's existence as a spiritual being involves being and remaining oneself and at the same time admitting and transforming into oneself the reality of the world. No other material thing can be present in the space occupied by a house, a tree, or a fountain pen. But where there is mind, the totality of things has room; it is "possible that in a single being the comprehensiveness of the whole universe may dwell.”

“Of course the world of work begins to become - threatens to become - our only world, to the exclusion of all else. The demands of the working world grow ever more total, grasping ever more completely the whole of human existence.”

World Humans Whole Courses Grows Existence Demand Human Existence Exclusion Grasping

Book:Leisure, the Basis of Culture

Source: Leisure, the Basis of Culture

“The common element in all the special forms of contemplation is the loving, yearning, affirming bent toward that happiness which is the same as God Himself, and which is the aim and purpose of all that happens in the world.”

World Happens Form Purpose Common Special Elements Aim Contemplation Yearning Bent Affirming

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“To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a whole.”

World Mean Whole Special Universal Celebrate Occasions Festivals Uncommon Special Occasion

Book:An Anthology

Source: An Anthology

About the Author

Born: May 4, 1904
Died: November 6, 1997
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 47

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