[Only the Lover Sings: Art and Contemplation]
Year:
1990
Type:
Public:
Moral assessment:
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
The book collects some of Pieper’s writings which, although philosophical, address a vast but cultured public. His thesis is that art leads to contemplation on connecting with the depths of the human being. He develops the thesis for music and the visual arts. The eye and ear appear as windows of this depth of being. The relation with the divine is obvious, even though God is not mentioned.
E.I. (Venezuela, 2016)