The Sheed & Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy

by Swindal, James C.; Gensler, SJ, Harry J.,

• ISBN13: 9780742531987
• ISBN10: 0742531988
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

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 of being, and the objectivity of moral law. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Topics Chart	viii
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiv
Part One: Preliminaries	1	(34)
What Is Catholic Philosophy?	3	(4)
The Bible: Verses	7	(9)
Plato: Dialogues	16	(9)
Aristotle: Treatises	25	(10)
Part Two: The Patristic Era	35	(86)
Introduction	37	(4)
Aristides the Philosopher: A Defense of Christianity	41	(6)
Justin Martyr: From Philosophy to Christianity	47	(7)
Irenaeus: Freedom and Evil	54	(4)
Clement of Alexandria: Philosophy and Christianity	58	(3)
Tertullian: Athens and Jerusalem	61	(2)
Minucius Felix: A Pagan-Christian Debate	63	(8)
Origen: First Principles	71	(6)
Plotinus: Absolute Beauty	77	(7)
Gregory of Nyssa: Not Three Gods	84	(3)
Augustine: Confessions	87	(7)
Augustine: Christian Doctrine	94	(8)
Augustine: Freedom and Evil	102	(5)
Augustine: God's Providence	107	(5)
Pseudo-Dionysius: Mystical Theology	112	(5)
Boethius: Foreknowledge and Freedom	117	(4)
Part Three: The Middle Ages	121	(102)
Introduction	123	(7)
Avicenna: Essences	130	(3)
Anselm: The Ontological Argument	133	(5)
Averroes: The Incoherence of the Incoherence	138	(7)
Moses Maimonides: Guide for the Perplexed	145	(4)
Roger Bacon: Experimental Science	149	(4)
Peter of Spain: Logic	153	(3)
Bonaventure: The Mind's Journey to God	156	(9)
Thomas Aquinas: The Existence of God	165	(7)
Thomas Aquinas: Natural Law	172	(7)
Thomas Aquinas: The Principles of Nature	179	(13)
Thomas Aquinas: On Being and Essence	192	(9)
Thomas Aquinas: Can War Be Just?	201	(3)
Meister Eckhart: The Nearness of the Kingdom	204	(3)
John Duns Scotus: Universals	207	(7)
Margaret Porette: Mirror of Simple Souls	214	(6)
William of Ockham: Against Theistic Proofs	220	(3)
Part Four: Renaissance through 19th Century	223	(60)
Introduction	225	(8)
Ignatius of Loyola: Principle and Foundation	233	(2)
Francisco Suarez: Essence and Existence	235	(6)
Galileo Galilei: Physics and Religion	241	(4)
Pierre Gassendi: Against the Aristotelians	245	(3)
Rene Descartes: I Think, Therefore I Am	248	(9)
Blaise Pascal: The Wager	257	(4)
Nicolas Malebranche: Occasionalism	261	(4)
John Henry Newman: Loving God	265	(5)
Josef Kleutgen: Scholastic Philosophy	270	(5)
Vatican I: Constitution on the Catholic Faith	275	(4)
Pope Leo XIII: The Revival of Thomism	279	(4)
Part Five: The Twentieth Century and Beyond	283	(296)
Introduction	285	(8)
The Vatican: Twenty-Four Thomistic Theses	293	(4)
Maurice Blondel: Action	297	(3)
Max Scheler: The Problem of Eudaemonism	300	(6)
G. K. Chesterton: Orthodoxy	306	(6)
Pierre Rousselot: Intelligence	312	(6)
Joseph Marechal: Transcendental Thomism	318	(8)
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Evolution and Christianity	326	(4)
Jacques Maritain: Existence and the Existent	330	(9)
Etienne Gilson: God and Modern Philosophy	339	(6)
Gabriel Marcel: Ontological Mystery	345	(5)
Edith Stein: Woman's Special Value	350	(7)
Charles Hart: Neothomism in America	357	(5)
Alfred Tarski: What Is Truth?	362	(5)
John Courtney Murray: Religious Freedom	367	(6)
Karl Rahner: Can We Still Believe?	373	(7)
Bernard Lonergan: The Subject	380	(10)
Frederick Copleston: A Debate with Bertrand Russell	390	(10)
Peter Geach: God's Omnipotence	400	(6)
Elizabeth Anscombe: Contraception and Chastity	406	(9)
Pope John Paul II: Faith and Reason	415	(7)
Alan Donagan: Agency	422	(9)
Herbert McCabe: The Logic of Mysticism	431	(10)
Nicholas Rescher: Matters of Religion	441	(7)
Alasdair MacIntyre: Virtue and Dependence	448	(8)
Arthur McGovern: Is Atheism Essential to Marxism?	456	(9)
Eui-Chai Tjeng: East and West	465	(7)
Charles Taylor: Transcendental Arguments	472	(6)
Alvin Plantinga: Advice to Christian Philosophers	478	(10)
Sidney Cornelia Callahan: Abortion and Feminism	488	(8)
Hugo Meynell: Faith and Foundationalism	496	(7)
John Finnis: Natural Law	503	(7)
John Caputo: Against Ethics	510	(13)
Harry Gensler: God, Science, and the Golden Rule	523	(9)
Jean-Luc Marion: God without Being	532	(11)
Patrick Lee: Plantinga, Faith, and Reason	543	(6)
Danilo Marcondes: Maker's Knowledge	549	(6)
Arthur Madigan: Catholic Philosophers in the U.S.	555	(24)
Index of Names	579	(6)
About the Editors	585