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Josef Pieper and the Recovery of Leisure
Josef Pieper and the Recovery of Leisure

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The Catholic German philosopher, Josef Pieper, wrote Leisure: the Basis of Culture in 1947, in the aftermath of the Second World War when Germany was rebuilding materially, to be sure, but morally, culturally, and spiritually, too. This situation raised both . . .

The Catholic German philosopher, Josef Pieper, wrote Leisure: the Basis of Culture in 1947, in the aftermath of the Second World War when Germany was rebuilding materially, to be sure, but morally, culturally, and spiritually, too. This situation raised both a practical and a theoretical problem for Pieper: where do we go in or after…

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