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An Anthology

An Anthology

Josef Pieper

In each of his thick little books Josef Pieper is so present to us both as a thinker and a man and reveals himself so openly that it would hardly make sense to write a book about him. I was particularly captivated by his wonderful afterword to the ...
Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation

Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation

Josef Pieper

The popular and highly regarded Josef Pieper speaks of the necessity for human persons to be able to contemplate and appreciate beauty to develop their full humanity.
Living the Truth

Living the Truth

Josef Pieper

This volume presents illuminating treatises of Josef Pieper on Thomistic anthropology and on the principles of right human behavior based on anthropology.
Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power

Abuse of Language, Abuse of Power

Josef Pieper

They offer us apparent realities whose fictive character threatens to become opaque. Josef Pieper shows with energetic zeal, but also with ascetical restraint, the path out of this dangerous situation.
Leisure, the Basis of Culture

Leisure, the Basis of Culture

Josef Pieper

These astonishing essays contradict all our pragmatic and puritanical conceptions about labor and leisure; Josef Pieper demolishes the twentieth-century cult of "work" as he predicts its destructive consequences.
Guide to Thomas Aquinas

Guide to Thomas Aquinas

Josef Pieper

One of the great philosophers of the 20th Century, Josef Pieper, gives a penetrating introduction and guide to the life and works of perhaps the greatest philosopher ever, St. Thomas Aquinas.
Une philosophie de l'espérance: la pensée de Josef Pieper ...

Une philosophie de l'espérance: la pensée de Josef Pieper ...

Bernard N. Schumacher

la pensée de Josef Pieper dans le contexte du débat contemporain sur l' espérance Bernard N. Schumacher. Etudes d'éthique chrétienne Publiées par le Département de Théologie morale et d'Ethique de l'Université Fribourg Suisse ...
Leisure: The Basis of Culture ; The Philosophical Act

Leisure: The Basis of Culture ; The Philosophical Act

Josef Pieper

These astonishing essays contradict all our pragmatic and puritanical conceptions about labor and leisure; Joseph Pieper demolishes the twentieth-century cult of Awork as he predicts its destructive consequences.
Hope and History:

Hope and History:

Josef Pieper

" Pieper looks at the movement of history, the idea of progress, man's hope for a better future, and he counters the temptation to despair with a Christian philosophy of hope based on faith in divine providence and the compatibility of ...
Screen World: 1969

Screen World: 1969

John Willis

CAST Jan Jan Vostrcil Josef _ - - Josef Sebanek Adjutant _ Josef Valnoha Assistant -__ Josef Kolb and Vaclav Stockel, Josef Svet Josef Svet (also above center) HOT MILLIONS (MGM) Producer, Mildred Freed Alberg; Director, Eric Till;. 180.
A Philosophy of Hope: Josef Pieper and the Contemporary ...

A Philosophy of Hope: Josef Pieper and the Contemporary ...

Bernard N. Schumacher

"Schumacher looks at hope as a virtue, one opposed by vices such as despair and presumption, particularly as they are treated in existentialism and Marxism.
A Cosmopolitan Hermit: Modernity and Tradition in the ...

A Cosmopolitan Hermit: Modernity and Tradition in the ...

Bernard N Schumacher

Composed of ten original essays written with the goal of exploring the thought of one of the most significant German philosophers of the 20th century, namely, Josef Pieper (1904-1997), this book is the only systematic treatment of his ...
For the Love of Wisdom: Essays on the Nature of Philosophy

For the Love of Wisdom: Essays on the Nature of Philosophy

Josef Pieper

This brilliant work synthesizes the meaning of philosophy as it pertains to our modern era, and responds to the spiritual needs and searching of modern man.
Ceský lid

Ceský lid

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Kapela hraje v tradičním složení: klarinet in Es - Josef Stočes, klarinet in B - Jaroslav Gabriel, dudy - Josef Kuneš, Richard Vísner j. h., housle - Josef Petržík, kontrabas - Jan Lstibůrek, zpěv - Martina Johánkova, Kamil Jindřich, Josef Petržík, ...
The Loon

The Loon

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Ray was one of the first to join the new club, along with charter members Bill Pieper, Burt Guttman, Gary Filerman, John Futcher, Jeremy Berman, and Ron Huber. I'll always remember Ray telling the story of Bill Pieper and himself on their first ...
Movies of the 60s

Movies of the 60s

Jürgen Müller

... Committee), JOSEF KOLB (Josef), FRANTISEK SVET (Old Man), FRANTISEK DEBELKA (Committee Member), JOSEF SEBANEK (Committee Member), JOSEF VALNOHA (Committee Member), VRATISLAV CERMAK (Committee Member), ...
The Movie Guide

The Movie Guide

James Monaco

FIREMAN'S BALL, THE (HORI MA PANENKO) 1967 73m c Comedy Barrandov ( Czechoslovakia) ••*>/5 Vaclav Stockel (Fire Brigade Commander), Josef Svet ( Old Man), Josef Kolb (Josef), Jan Vostrcil (Committee Chairman), Frantisek ...
Josef Albers: in black and white : Boston University Art ...

Josef Albers: in black and white : Boston University Art ...

Josef Albers

He then came to the United States to teach at the newly founded Black Mountain College in North Carolina and at Yale University.This volume focuses on one aspect of Josef Albers's career: his work in black, white, and gray.
Josef Albers: To Open Eyes

Josef Albers: To Open Eyes

Frederick A. Horowitz

A fascinating study of the revolutionary painter and teacher, Josef Albers
Josef Frank: Life and Work

Josef Frank: Life and Work

Christopher Long

Architect, designer, and theorist Josef Frank (1885-1967) was known throughout Europe in the 1920s as one of the continent's leading modernists.
Josef Albers: a national touring exhibition from the South ...

Josef Albers: a national touring exhibition from the South ...

Josef Albers

This book embodies all the elements of Albers's lifetime preoccupation with abstraction, color, and perception.
Výroční zpráva

Výroční zpráva

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PORÍCI Jan Melicha, fíd. uíitel, Josef KuneS, hodináf, Spá- Josef Kunes, hodináf, Spá- Penovice, p. Spálené Poíííí. leñé Poíííí. leñé Poíííí. ST. PLZENEC Josef Kfepel, tesar, Stary Boh. Hruby, post, zrízenec, V. Benda, dílensky, Stary Plzenec  ...
durchhalten: Von Ostfriesland über Kurland in sowjetische ...

durchhalten: Von Ostfriesland über Kurland in sowjetische ...

Josef Schröder

Von Ostfriesland über Kurland in sowjetische Gefangenschaft 1945–1949 Josef Schröder Gudrun Meier. Abbildungen Umschlag: Stacheldrahtzaun in der KZGedenkstätte HamburgNeuengamme (Foto:Gudrun Meier) Josef Schröder als  ...
What You Wish for

What You Wish for

Bill Pieper

Who does your life belong to anyway?

who called from an unknown number?