Ebook: The Quest For Meaning: Friends of Wisdom from Plato to Levinas

One of our most distinguished thinkers, Adriaan Peperzak has for many years masterfully explored the connections between philosophy, ethics, religion, and the social and historical contexts of human experience. A leading expert on Hegel, Heidegger, and Levinas, he here 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 short, direct, deeply felt chapters, Peperzak moves from Plato, Plotinus, and the Early Christian theologians to Anselm, Bonaventure, Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz, Hegel, and Levinas. Throughout, he touches on fundamental themes—from reason and faith to freedom and tradition—that knit together the enduring legacy of philosophy as a guide to living wisely.