Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper

Discover a timeless meditation on rest, meaning, and the soul’s capacity to perceive transcendence. In this celebrated classic, Josef Pieper argues that genuine leisure—not mere idleness—is essential for culture, contemplation, and spiritual life. Pieper explores how modern life’s worship of constant activity erodes our deeper senses of mystery, silence, and the divine. Part philosophical manifesto, part spiritual reflection, this edition also includes his companion essay The Philosophical Act. With sharp insight and poetic clarity, Leisure: The Basis of Culture challenges readers to reclaim rest not as weakness, but as a foundation for the good, true, and beautiful.

• Condition: New
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Pages: 145
• Dimensions (approx): 8.00″ x 5.25″ x 0.45″
• Weight (approx): 6.4 oz