The Quest For Meaning

One of our most distinguished thinkers Adriaan Peperzak has masterfully explored the connections between philosophy ethics religion and the social and historical contexts of human experience. He offers a personal gathering of influences on his own work as guides to the uses of philosophy in our search for sense and meaning. In concise direct and deeply felt chapters Peperzak moves from Plato Plotinus and the Early Christian theologians to Anselm Bonaventure Descartes Pascal Leibniz Hegel and Levinas. Throughout these carefully linked essays he touches on the fundamental ideas-from reason and faith to freedom and tradition-that inform the questions his work has consistently addressed most specifically those concerning philosophy as a practice.