The mind that is Catholic philosophical and political essays / [electronic resource] :
James V. Schall.
- Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2008.
- xi, 337 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-332) and index.
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.
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Christianity and politics--Catholic Church. Political science--Philosophy.