Brings together a lifetime of work on the problems presented by the notion of a Christian philosophy, debates whether a Christian philosophy is possible, and outlines the steps for its development. Fixed ToC, added pagination and PDF metadata (Title, Author).
Towards a Christian Philosophy
β Scribed by Joseph Owens
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 345
- Series
- Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy 21
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Brings together a lifetime of work on the problems presented by the notion of a Christian philosophy, debates whether a Christian philosophy is possible, and outlines the steps for its development.
β¦ Table of Contents
Preface IX
Introduction 1
PART ONE
The Nature of Christian Philosophy
1. The Christian Philosophy of Aeterni Patris 63
2. Is Nature Something Complete? 76
3. The Notion of Catholic Philosophy 97
4. The Distinguishing Feature in Catholic Philosophy 119
5. The Objectives of the American Catholic
Philosophical Association 137
6. Christian Conscience vs. Aristotelian Right Reason 150
PART TWO
Some Themes in Christian Philosophy
7. God in Philosophy Today 177
8. This Truth Sublime 189
9. "Darkness of Ignorance" in the Most Refined
Notion of God 207
10. "Cause of Necessity" in Aquinas's Tertia Via 225
11. The Special Characteristic of the Scotistic Proof
that God Exists 250
12. Soul as Agent in Aquinas 266
13. Aquinas on the Inseparability of Soul
from Existence 291
Epilogue 307
Index 327
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