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This is a work of rare prophetic brilliance by Josef Pieper, one of this century's most profound and lucid expositors of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. This book was written to throw light on an ancient question that has vexed and tormented many. What is the nature of "The…
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I am a historian, so I am constantly thinking about “time” - about the past, present, and future, and their relationship. While that endeavour is unending this side of eternity, this short classic by the accessible twentieth-century philosopher Josef Pieper, is an inspiring and insightful guide to consideration of the questions and to paths towards answers.
Pieper’s book, as its title suggests, is about the end - the final point - of time, yet it is also about the end - as in the goal - of time and of history. Serious historians are searching for meaning - “Why did…
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