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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Leisure Leisure Josef Pieper One of the most important philosophy titles published in the twentieth century, Josef Pieper's Leisure, the Basis of Culture is more significant, even more crucial, today than it was when it first ap… OL112221W
Only the Lover Sings Only the Lover Sings Josef Pieper 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 f… OL17926215W
The concept of sin The concept of sin Josef Pieper "In ordinary conversation, including among the "educated," the word "sin" rarely gets mentioned except when one is trying to be coy or facetious. As Thomas Mann once said, "sin" is nowadays "an amusi… OL19130759W