"The book provides a methodically structured access to human existence by systematically drawing on the personal perspective. Its foundation is the ethical-anthropological thinking of Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II), which can fully meet the scientific expectations of the present. This is a philosophy of transcendence, integration, and self-determination that is developed with a view to personal existence and divine being. The author plausibly shows that being a person means discovering the value of the other in the context of conscious and free action. Furthermore, he shows that the real world is shaped in the moral context of love and responsibility. The book achieves its goal with scientific simplicity, thoroughness, and originality. In the end, every reader can benefit in many ways." --Kazimierz Rynkiewicz, Munich University "This book succeeds in leading the reader into a living encounter with Karol Wojtyla's philosophical and theological vision.

We learn from Grzegorz Ignatik the depth with which Wojtyla discerned the soul of contemporary man and the demands of our times." --David L. Schindler, The John Paul II Institute at the Catholic University of America.