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Tradition as Challenge - Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
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Tradition as Challenge - Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
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Loot Price R536
Discovery Miles 5 360
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For Pieper, the study of tradition is anything but antiquarian. He
begins with a consideration of tradition in a changing world and is
well aware of the need to confront the all-too-common perception
that "tradition" is nowadays irrelevant. On the basis of his
profound knowledge of the Western philosophical tradition from
Plato and Aristotle through Augustine, Boethius, Thomas Aquinas,
and Descartes, to modern Existentialism and Marxism, Pieper is able
to highlight the values established - and challenged - down through
the centuries. He sees the need to re-examine these values, to rid
them of the false interpretations and misunderstandings that
threaten to consign them to oblivion. He attempts to restate them
in language which, in fact, not only reflects the clarity of his
mind but also expresses his conviction that these values, freshly
examined and understood, provide a sound basis for healthy living
and for our survival against the dangers that pose a serious threat
to the very existence of Western civilization. He illustrates these
values by examining the contrast between an exponent of them, like
Socrates, and an opportunist, like the Sophist Protagoras; between
the man of principle and the nihilistic pragmatist. The book
consists of a mixture of articles and speeches, produced by a man
who, though often wooed by the academy, was not concerned with
achieving personal status as an academic professor. He insisted,
for the most part, in combining purely academic teaching with the
education of teachers in teacher-training colleges. He would not be
removed from close contact with "learners," and he remained a
"learner" himself - from tradition.
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