Who is man?

Every thought and every knowledge lives from a wondering origin. For Karol Wojtyla / John Paul II. (1920-2005) this origin was man. He said of his philosophical work that it was "born of wonder before man." From the first page to the last, his writings revolve around man - in the uniqueness of his existence, in the uniqueness of his origin, and in the unjustifiability of his task and purpose. The philosophical essays in this volume, almost all of which appear for the first time in German, seek to acquaint readers with the pope's philosophical foundations. They invite us to understand Karol Wojtyla's thought from its astonishing origins - and to pursue his fundamental question, the question: Who is man? Key texts on man, John Paul II's main theme. Texts almost all first published in.