Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation

by Josef Pieper

Book Overview

The popular and highly regarded Pieper speaks of the necessity for human persons to be able to contemplate and appreciate beauty to develop their full humanity. Pieper expresses succinctly that the foundation of the human person in society is leisure, free time in which one can contemplate, be receptive to being and its beauty.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898703026
• ISBN13: 9780898703023
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.8" x 7.2"