num_pages: 208
description: In The Four Cardinal Virtues, Josef Pieper delivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. He demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues.Translations originally published as three books: Fortitude and Temperance translated by Daniel F. Coogan (1954); Justice translated by Lawrence E. Lynch (1955); and Prudence translated by Richard and Clara Winston (1959).
language: English
title: The Four Cardinal Virtues
titlecomplete: The Four Cardinal Virtues
genres: Christianity, Catholic, Philosophy, Theology, Religion, Chivalry, Spirituality, Christian, Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 616
series: Crisol 
publisher: University of Notre Dame Press