Enthusiasm and Divine Madness DonaldPlato's famous dialogue, the Phaedrus, was variously subtitled in antiquity: "On Beauty," "On Love," "On the Psyche." It is also concerned with the art of rhetoric, of thought and communication. Pieper, noted for the grace and clarity of his style, gives an illuminating and stimulating interpretation of the dialogue. Leaving the more recondite scholarly preoccupations aside, he concentrates on the content, bringing the actual situation in the dialogue
The lepers lived in squalour and misery
from its own field of study
had ordered to be made and then subsequently approved
his zeal for the faith
and the second volume around the Church which becomes configured to him
above all the question of the relationship among the different kinds of love
we had no answer to those questions
You'll be surprised at how easy it is to break out of the dullness that has settled into your soul
he introduces this important part of the Catholic tradition to students as well as inquiring believers
He shows how the very fact of GodÔÇÖs existence gives meaning to your life in a way that worldly possessions or success never can
became holy
Part One: The Heritage and the Challenge
