"I've been a philosopher for all of my adult life and the three most profound books of philosophy that I have ever read are Ecclesiastes, Job, and Song of Songs." These are the opening lines of Kreeft's Three Philosophies of Life. He reflects that there are ultimately only three philosophies of life and each one is represented by one of these books of the Bible--life is vanity; life is suffering; life is love.

In these three books Kreeft shows how we have Dante's great epic the Divine Comedy played out, from Hell to Purgatory to Heaven. But it is an epic played out in our hearts and lives, here and now. Just as there is movement in Dante's epic, so there is movement in these books, from Ecclesiastes to Job, from Job to Song of Songs. Love is the final answer to Ecclesiastes' quest, the alternative to vanity, and the true meaning of life. finally, Kreeft sees in these books the epitome of the theological virtues of faith, hope and love and "an essential summary of the spiritual history of the world."

"Kreeft takes up the big questions of life, and marshals the answers with consummate grace and skill. The book sparkles with style and spiritual perception."
Jim Manney
Editor, New covenant

"Another gem from Peter Kreeft. With brilliant insight he makes these books of Scripture come alive as relevant to our contemporaary choices."
Ronda Chervin
St. John's Seminary

"Wise reflections on three Biblical sources of a philosophy of life. Kreeft's is a welcome and distinctive voice."
Ralph McInerny

Peter Kreeft is a professor of Philosophy at Boston college. He is the author of many articles and books including Heaven: The Heart's Deepest Longing, Fundamentals of the Faith, A Turn of the Clock, and Letters to Jesus.