Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper

Leisure: The Basis of Culture



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ISBN: 9781586172565
Page: 145
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Format: pdf


Required reading: Josef Pieper, Leisure as the Basis of Culture. In one of his more well-known books, Leisure as the Basis of Culture, Pieper writes to a Europe emerging from the ruins of World War II. In his book, “Leisure: The Basis of Culture,” the Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper called leisure a “condition of the soul.” It's not the same thing as inactivity or quiet. But that's not how Christianity understands leisure. And yet, an authentic definition of his word can give a whole new perspective on its importance. Personally, I don't work to “glorify God”–because I'm not sure what that means. It took me about as long to get through those 175 pages as it did to get through 700 of Ancient History. I finally finished, last week, Josef Pieper's Leisure, The Basis of Culture. Michael B.'s point is worth considering. According to Josef Pieper, leisure is the very basis of culture. A quote from Joseph Pieper's Leisure the Basis of Culture (p11-12) was helpful to me here: 'The medievals distinguished between the intellect as ratio and the intellect as intellectus.





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