The texture of being : essays in first philosophy / Kenneth L. Schmitz ; edited by Paul O'Herron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmitz, Kenneth L.

Contributor:

O'Herron, Paul.

Series:

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 46.

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Metaphysics.

Philosophical theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Diverse in topics yet unified in purpose, this volume brings together Schmitz's penetrating and rich insight into being, produced over many years, to offer readers a magisterial study from one of the great Christian philosophers of our time.

Contents:

PART I. BEING.

Metaphysics: radical, comprehensive, determinate discourse

Analysis by principles and analysis by elements

From anarchy to principles: deconstruction and the resources of Christian philosophy

Neither with nor without foundations

Another look at objectivity

Enriching the copula

Created receptivity and the philosophy of the concrete

The solidarity of personalism and the metaphysics of existential act

PART II. MAN.

The geography of the human person

Immateriality past and present

The first principle of personal becoming

Purity of soul and immortality

Is liberalism good enough?

PART III. GOD.

Theological clearances: foreground to a rational recovery of God

God, being and love: new ontological perspectives coming from philosophy

The death of good and the rebirth of man

The witness of beauty: the profile of God.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-323) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8132-1653-2

OCLC:

922996285