Sheed And Ward Anthology Of Catholic Philosophy

Preliminaries

What Is Catholic Philosophy?

The Bible: Verses

Plato: Dialogues

Aristotle: Treatises

The Patristic Era

Introduction

Aristides The Philosopher: A Defense Of Christianity

Justin Martyr: From Philosophy To Christianity

Irenaeus: Freedom And Evil

Clement Of Alexandria: Philosophy And Christianity

Tertullian: Athens And Jerusalem

Minucius Felix: A Pagan-Christian Debate

Origen: First Principles

Plotinus: Absolute Beauty

Gregory Of Nyssa: Not Three Gods

Augustine: Confessions

Augustine: Christian Doctrine

Augustine: Freedom And Evil

Augustine: God’s Providence

Pseudo-Dionysius: Mystical Theology

Boethius: Foreknowledge And Freedom

The Middle Ages

Introduction

Avicenna: Essences

Anselm: The Ontological Argument

Averros: The Incoherence Of The Incoherence

Moses Maimonides: Guide For The Perplexed

Roger Bacon: Experimental Science

Peter Of Spain: Logic

Bonaventure: The Mind’s Journey To God

Thomas Aquinas: The Existence Of God

Thomas Aquinas: Natural Law

Thomas Aquinas: The Principles Of Nature

Thomas Aquinas: On Being And Essence

Thomas Aquinas: Can War Be Just?

Meister Eckhart: The Nearness Of The Kingdom

John Duns Scotus: Universals

Margaret Porette: Mirror Of Simple Souls

William Of Ockham: Against Theistic Proofs

Renaissance Through Nineteenth

Introduction

Ignatius Of Loyola: Principle And Foundation

Francisco Suarez: Essence And Existence

Galileo Galilei: Physics And Religion

Pierre Gassendi: Against The Aristotelians

Rene Descartes: I Think, Therefore I Am

Blaise Pascal: The Wager

Nicolas Malebranche: Occasionalism

John Henry Newman: Loving God

Josef Kleutgen: Scholastic Philosophy

Vatican I: Constitution On The Catholic Faith

Pope Leo XIII: The Revival Of Thomism

The Twentieth Century And Beyond

Introduction

The Vatican: Twenty-Four Thomistic Theses

Maurice Blondel: Action

Max Scheler: The Problem Of Eudaemonism

G. K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy

Pierre Rousselot: Intelligence

Joseph Marechal: Transcendental Thomism

Pierre Teilhard De Chardin: Evolution And Christianity

Jacques Maritain: Existence And The Existent

Etienne Gilson: God And Modern Philosophy

Gabriel Marcel: Ontological Mystery

Edith Stein: Woman’s Special Value

Charles Hart: Neothomism In America
Additional Info
The Sheed & Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy is a thorough introduction to the evolution of Catholic philosophy from Biblical times to the present day. The first comprehensive collection of readings from Catholic philosophers, this volume aims to sharpen the understanding of Catholic philosophy by grouping together the best examples of this tradition, both well-known classics and lesser-known selections. The readings emphasize themes integral to the Catholic tradition such as the harmony of faith and reason, the existence and nature of God, the nature of the human person and the nature of being, and the objectivity of the moral law.

Each reading includes a brief introduction and is historically placed within five major groups–1) Preliminaries, including readings from the Bible, Plato and Aristotle, 2) The Patristic Era, selections from Aristides to Boethius, and a heavy focus on Augustine, 3) The Middle Ages, readings from the early Moslem and Jewish thinkers to William of Ockham, with an emphasis on Aquinas, 4) The Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century, including Suarez, Descartes, Pascal, Newman, and Pope Leo XIII, and 5) The Twentieth Century and Beyond, including Maritain and Lonergan, Blondel and Marcel, Geach and Rescher, and others like Chesterton and Teilhard.

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The first comprehensive collection of readings from Catholic philosophers

-Includes both well-known classics and lesser-known selections

-Emphasizes themes integral to the Catholic tradition

Eighty-two readings are arranged historically, reads as a “Who’s Who” of the Catholic intellectual tradition

-Includes selections from Biblical times to the modern era

-Essays are divided into five groups, each group beginning with an introduction to prepare the reader for the flow of ideas and the philosophers’ place in history

-Each essay also contains a short introduction that includes biographical information on the philosopher

Ideal for courses in:

-Philosophy of Religion

-Introduction to Philosophy

-Catholicism

-Theology