$'3.75 Josef Pieper ENTHUSIASMA ND DIVINEM ADNESS Phaedrus On the PlDaitaolnoigcu e Platof'asm oudsi alogtuhee,P haedrwuass, varioussulbyt itilnae ndt iqui"tOynB: e auty," "OnL ove,""O nt heP sycheI.t"i s a lscoo n­ cernewdi tthh ea rotf r hetoroiftc h,o ugahntd communication. Dr.P iepenro,t efdo rt heg racaen dc larity ofh iss tylgei,v easn i lluminaatnidns gt imu­ latiinngt erpretoaftt ihoedn i alogLueea.v ing them orer econdsictheo laprrleyo ccupations asidhee,c oncentroantt ehse c ontenbtr,i ng­ ingt hea ctuasli tuatiinot nh ed ialog-ue Athenasn di tisn teilecetnugaalgsei dns pirited debat-ea livEeq.u allayl ivies t hed iscus­ sioonf i deawsh,i cha reb roughttob earo n contemporeaxrpye riee anncd madteop rove thep erennivaall idiotfy S ocratwiics dom, andi tpso wert oe xcitthee m indT.h em ain thes-ist hati np oetrayn di nl ovem an is "besihdiem seltfh,a"it s d,i vineilnys pired­ isd iscussweidt hr eferetnocm eo dernp oets andn oveliasntdsm ,o derpns ychology. Thisi sa bookf ora ilt hose wwhios ht o readP latwoi tuhn derstandpinlge,a suarned, profit. TranslabtyeR di chaarndd C larWai nsotn A HELEN AND KURT WOLFF BOOK HARCOURT, BRACE & WORLD, INC. 757T hirAdv enueN,e w York1 7,N .Y. Pan WaltheGrD L, Miinster Borni n1 904J,o sePfi epewra ss chooliend theG reeckl assaincdts h ew ritionfgT sh omas AquinaHse. alsos tudipehdi losoplhayw,, ands ocioloagnydh, a sb eena membero ft he faculattyt heU niversoiftM yU nstesri nce 1946D.r .P iephears l ectuwriedde laytA mer­ icanu niversiatnidei sn, 1 962t ravelteod Indifao ra lecture Htiosbu oro.k hsa veb een praisbeyd t heA mericasne culaasrw elals Catholpirce ss. Jackedte sigbny E lleRna skin JOSEF PIEPER EN THUSIASM and DIVI NE MAD NE SS On theP latondiica logPuHeAE DR us Translatefdr omt heG erman by Richaradnd ClaraW inston A Helena nd KurtW olff Book HarcourBtr,a ce& WorldI,n c. 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TheA uthoarn dt heT ranslators dedicatteh ibso okt ot hem emoryo f KUR T WO L F F �on tents FOREWORD XI I The "ocfca hsatr acteCrosm.p"o niennt thaset mosphere ofi ntellAetcehtnussa:ol p histdiectaatcehdme ennlti,g ht­ ene"dt echnfioqlrui ievnsg c,r"u dsee nsualSiotpyh.i s­ try":c ultdi rvaattieonal(iHzeagteiloP)ns."e udo-wis­ doma ndf alcsoen temporaSnuecictaeyssa. sc riotne.r i The" modernoifSt oyc"r ahtiecsso :n ciersmn a nn,o nta - tureM.y thitcaallae nsmd y tash s uc.h 3 II Lysisapse'e ocnEh r olsu:sw ti tuhtlo oveP.l easaunrde lootsael kM.i stroufps ats sioInn.c apafcoeirmt oyt ion counterafspe riutdeedn cTeh.ef ascinwaittfihoo rnm al sklil.M ysteriouso fsp arcersteerdna codeni .ti 17 Ill Irony haimnpteerrsp retSaotciroafnti.ers ssp'te eucnh-: maskibnygl itearcacle ptaTnhcee" .d aimosnzigcn". Thel itgnhibnoglo tff orthlraingghuta g2e9. IV TheK ierkegaaRredviearnes vaolc:a otfit ohnea esthetic leatdosr eligtirouutshT .h ep oweorfr ecantaantdi on repenta"nLcoev.ae m onfgr emee n."T hee mergence oft he imageosft heg odsT.h em asquergaodees on. 37 v Maniaas a divignief tM.a dnelsoss,os fa utonomous self-pospassessiesoni,t ohnu,s Fioarsmmos.f" divmiande­ ness.F"i rsptr:o phetic ecsDtoadsoyn:ta h,De e lphi, Sibyl. Sotfte hrehi ilsittoypr oiiconaftlv iew.E n­ thusitahskeme ,wy o rd.H owd oerse veltaatkipeol na ce? Seco"ncda:t hamrantiiac."M adneass psr econdfiotri on purifiacnadth ieoanl inFgr.e nzy, apnodie ntsrpyi,r a­ tionLe.s sinHgo,l derGloient,Bh een,n .W hoi s" the poet"?4 7 VI True pososfle iscfsaeinb oe nhad onlbyy b ei"nog uotf onew'ist s.T"h ef ourftohro mfth e iam aniae:r oetmioc­ tionN.a tuarned de stionfyt hes oulI.m mortality. Acquirwiinngg s".P ermeatthienw gh olceo smos." Figuraltainvgeuas a agm ea nifesotfia nttieolnl heuc­tual militPya.r abalnedm yth.T hef alolf t hes oul. Yearnainndrg e collecStuiporne.mb eellyo avnedds u­ premetlryo ubbleianugt:y" .B eauitsny os to m ucphe r­ formaasn cper omi(sGeo"e the)T.he erotniatcu roef philosophFiozrimansng d.d eformoifEt rioess. 6 g VII Howd oetsh iasc cowridto hu orw nv ieowft ruthU?l ti­ matpeo sitairosent sa keRde.a aln da ppardeinvte rgen­ czesE.r oasn da gape.T hep roximoifst pyi raintd sensualDioteyus.n sellfoivesexh i st9?1 VIII Thes ecopnadro tft hdei alogWuhea.mt a keass peech "beautifDuole"ts?r utalhs hoa vnee eodf r hetoric? Theg retaeta chdeonr ost w riteP.r ayfeor"r b eauty within.97" NOTES 105 Foreword Ifw es houalsdkh istoroifpa hnisl ostoopn haym e the fouorrf ivmeo sitm portwaonrtko sfP lattoh,ae n swers wilblyn om eanbseu nanimTohuasit.sn atuernaolu gh. Butth Peh aedirsfu asi crelry ttaobi eni n tlhiesiatrls o,n g witthh Sey mpostiuhPmeo, l i*t aenitdah ,Pe h aedo. TheP haedhrauss ah acdu rifoautsie nt hPel atonic shcolarosfht ihppe a sth undryeeda. rA sccordtioon nge histoorfpi hainl ostohpidihsay l,o gwuaes" upt ov errye ­ centtlhhyeo tdilsyup tdec entoefPr l atosncihco la.r"1s hip Thei mmediactaeuo sfte h is disputet-hnqeau meesltyi,o n oft hdei al'odsgau e-te-wilnlo t counsic net rhfneo llowing pageBsu.tth qeu estiitoshnea lbsfe n e kindblyet dh ceo n­ tenatn dt hfeo romft hweo rkM.o reovtehrde,i spinu­te volvae dsi ffereonffc aemr o rteh aan f ewy earosra decaSdoem.ce r itfiocersx a,m pSlceh leieramnadUc shee­r nerh,a vmea intatihnaetd Pthhaeed irsua s v ereya rly workp,er hpast hefri sbto oPkl awrtoot ei nh iyso u;t h whiolteh esrasy tthhdeai ta loigsou bev iotuhspelr yo duct ofa get,h atth peh ilosmoupshhtea rvb ee eantl eassitx ty whenh ew rotiet -afhtaevirgn alrea"\'VTdiyt tetnh e * pIr efteour s teh Ger eenka mien stoefat hdme o rfea milbiuamtri s- leadRienpgu blic. xi