Wisdom of the Heart: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful at the Center of Us All

In Wisdom of the Heart, Kreeft examines the two common understandings of the heart’s purpose and shows how they are not at odds, but rather different (and essential) facets:

Feeling and emotion: can reduce us to action without thinking, but also drives us to compassion, empathy, and gratitude.

Love: An act of the will, designed so that we can follow Jesus’ commandment to love God and others.

Wisdom of the Heart, therefore, is a psychological aid to understanding the philosophy behind St. John Paul’s "Theology of the Body" while exploring the three dimensions of persons: the will, the mind, and the emotions, and their three loves: the good, the true, and the beautiful.