The mind that is Catholic philosophical and political essays
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Washington, D.C. :
Catholic University of America Press
2008
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b18581808*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
