Josef Pieper
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Josef Pieper
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Josef Pieper
Born
4 May 1904
Elte, German Empire
Died
6 November 1997 (aged93)
Mnster, Germany
Era
20th-century philosophy
Region
Western Philosophy
School
Christian philosophy
Main interests
Philosophy of religion
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Philosophy
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Legacy
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Awards
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Select publications in English
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References
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Pieper studied philosophy, law and sociology at the universities of Berlin and
Mnster. After working as a sociologist and freelance writer, he became
ordinary professor of philosophical anthropology at the University of Mnster,
and taught there from 1950 to 1976. As professor emeritus he continued to
provide lectures until 1996.[2] With his wife Hildegard, he translated C.S.
Lewis, The Problem of Pain, into German (ber den Schmerz, 1954) with an
Afterword "On Simplicity of Language in Philosophy". A symposium to
celebrate his 90th birthday was held in Mnster in May 1994; the papers read
there were published as Aufklrung durch Tradition ("Enlightenment through
Tradition") in 1995. In 2010 a symposium was held in Paderborn on "Josef
Pieper's and C. S. Lewis's View of Man", with papers published in Wahrheit
und Selbstberschreitung ("Truth and Self-Transcendence").[3]
Philosophy[edit]
His views are rooted primarily in the Scholasticism of Thomas Aquinas and in
the teachings of Plato. In 60 years of creative work as a philosopher and
writer, Pieper explicated the wisdom tradition of the West in clear language,
and identified its enduring relevance.
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^ "Josef Pieper, Philosopher of Virtue" IgnatiusInsight.com. Retrieved
2011-07-20.
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^ Short bio, Josef Pieper Stiftung at Akademie Franz Hitze Haus (in
German). Retrieved 2011-07-20.
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^ ed. Thomas Mllenbeck & Berthold Wald; published by Ferdinand
Schningh, Paderborn etc. 2011. ISBN 978-3-506-77157-5
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^ Reviewed by Christopher Derrick in the TLS Jan. 22, 1970, together with
Hope and History.
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