How long does it take to read The Acting Person?
A Contribution to Phenomenological Anthropology (Analecta Husserliana)
The Acting Person by John Paul II takes about 7 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours
A weekend read
First published 1979. 382 pages, about 105,050 words.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Originally entitled Osoba i Czyn and published in Poland in 1969, The Acting Person is the official English translation and has been thoroughly edited and revised with the collaboration of the author. The book stresses that man must ceaselessly unravel his mysteries and strive for a new and more mature expression of his nature. The author sees this expression as an emphasis on the significance of the individual living in community and on the person in the process of performing an action. The author states in his preface that he has tried to face the major issues concerning life, nature, and the existence of man directly as they present themselves to man in his struggles to survive while maintaining the dignity of a human being, but who is torn apart between his all too limited condition and his highest aspirations to set himself free. --From publisher's description.
Subjects: Phenomenological anthropology, Philosophical anthropology, Act (Philosophy), Personality, Phenomenology, Bewustzijn
