The mind that is Catholic : philosophical and political essays / James V. Schall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schall, James V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and politics--Catholic Church.

Christianity and politics.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this wide-ranging collection of philosophical essays, the acclaimed Catholic intellectual presents his vision of Catholic thought applied in the world. In The Mind That Is Catholic, political philosopher and Catholic intellectual James V.Schall presents a retrospective collection of his academic and literary essays written in the past fifty years. In these essays, exploring topics from war to friendship, philosophy, politics, and everyday living, Schall exemplifies the Catholic mind at its best. According to Schall, the Catholic mind seeks to recognize a consistent and coherent relation between the solid things of reason and the definite facts of revelation. It seeks to understand how they belong together, each profiting from the other. It respects what can be known by faith alone, but does not exclude the intelligibility of what is revealed. In these contemplative and insightful essays, Schall shares a lifetime of study in political philosophy, a wide-ranging discipline and perhaps the most vital context in which reason and revelation meet. "Father James V.Schall is one of the few renaissance men still among us. His knowledge of various areas of reality and human endeavor is encyclopedic." ?Kenneth Baker, S.J., editor, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Contents:

Introduction: A certain crime unobserved

On Catholic thinking. The mind that is Catholic ; Infinitized by the spirit: Maritain and the intellectual vocation ; Chesterton, the real heretic: the outstanding eccentricity of the peculiar sect called Roman Catholics ; The very graciousness of being

Reckoning with Plato. On the uniqueness of Socrates: political philosophy and the rediscovery of the human body ; On the death of Plato: some philosophical thoughts on the Thracian maidens ; What is piety?

The abiding implications of friendship. Aristotle on friendship ; The totality of society: from justice to friendship ; The Trinity: God is not alone

The medieval experience. The point of medieval political philosophy ; Possessed of both a reason and a revelation ; Aquinas and the defense of ordinary things: on what common men call common sense

Implications of Catholic thought. The realism of St. Augustine's political realism: Augustine and Machiavelli ; Mystifying indeed: on being fully human ; Transcendence and political philosophy ; Mysticism, political philosophy, and play

Things practical and impractical. Sports and philosophy ; The real alternatives to just war

Where does it lead? On choosing not to see ; The ultimate meaning of existence ; The beginning of the real story

Conclusion: On being allowed to read Monte Cristo.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-332) and index.

ISBN:

9780813218267

0813218268

OCLC:

649914626