Reasonable Pleasures: The Strange Coherences of Catholicism

by James V. Schall

Book Overview

The fact of pleasure is obvious to us, but its relation to reason is less understood. We are beings who laugh and run, sing and dance, but we too seldom reflect on why we do these things. Above all, we are beings who think and who want to know whether our lives make sense.

In this thought-provoking study of the relationship between our reason and our experience of pleasure, popular professor and author Fr. James Schall shows how reason,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586177877
• ISBN13: 9781586177874
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"