Seeking the Truth of Things - Confessions of a catholic philosopher
Author: Al Gini
With humor, wit, penetrating self-revelation, Al Gini exposes the profound concerns that makes us human: the quest for meaning in our personal and professional lives, the desire for knowledge, the struggles between reason and faith—not by ruminations on theoretical debates, but in the context of an authentic life.
—Barry L. Padgett, Professor of Philosophy and director of the
Ethics and Social Justice Center, Bellarmine University
In this humorous but incisive introduction to the Socratic life, Al Gini makes bold claims that may yet establish him as the country's leading folk philosopher.
—Daniel Born, author of The Birth of Liberal Guilt in the
English Novel and editor of The Common Review
In this engaging personal narrative, Gini takes us through the life events and ideas that have shaped him as a "public philosopher." He reveals his passion for literature, and takes us through the sources of philosophical and religious inspiration that have made him one of the foremost catholic philosophers (with a lower case "c") in our day.
—Ronald M. Green, Professor of Ethics and Human Values,
and Mary Jean Green,
Professor and French and
Comparative Literature, Dartmouth College.
Al Gini is a philosopher who writes for real people about things they actually care about: the meaning of work, moral courage, choice, sin, laughter, and leisure. In Seeking the Truth of Things, he explores his lifelong quest for wisdom. Part memoir, part introduction to key philosophical concepts, this book resoundingly establishes philosophy at the center and not the periphery of the public square.
