8vo - 21 x 13.5 cm.; 203 pp. Dark red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Translated by Erika Young from the original German. A collection of essays by Boros, a Jesuit priest, which pay tribute to some of the men who have shaped his thinking: Socrates, Irenaeus, Nietzsche, Teilhard, Erasmus, Augustine, Dante, Gregory of Nyssa. Boros was dean of studies of philosophy and religion in the theological faculty of the University of Innsbruck. Slight shelf wear on the boards edges while the DJ shows moderate edge wear and scuffing to the front and back.