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Aristotle et al.
Readings for Philosophers and Catholics
Jacques Maritain
The Thomistic Revival
- Aeterni Patris
Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (1879)
On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy
- The First Principles of Knowledge
by John Rickaby, S.J. (1889)
- A Synopsis of St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
Adapted from The Rosary Magazine (September 1893)
- "St. Thomas and Modern Thought"
Address delivered by Edward A. Pace before the Catholic University
of America on the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, March 1896
- The Middle Ages
by Thomas J. Shahan (1904)
- Of God and His Creatures
Chapters from the Summa Contra Gentiles of St. Thomas Aquinas
translated by Joseph Rickaby, S.J. (1905)
- Catholic Encyclopedia Articles (1907-1912)
Thomism,
Neo-Scholasticism,
Saint Thomas Aquinas,
Albertus Magnus, and
related topics.
- Scholasticism
by Joseph Rickaby, S.J. (1908)
- The Revival of Scholastic Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century
by Joseph Louis Perrier (1909)
- Moral Philosophy
by Joseph Rickaby, S.J. (1918)
- St. Thomas Aquinas and Medieval Philosophy
by D.J. Kennedy, O.P. (1919)
- Studiorum Ducem
Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on St. Thomas Aquinas (1923)
Et Cetera
Links
- The New Advent
Catholic Website has much to interest Catholics and
Philosophers, including the English Dominicans' translation of the Summa Theologiae of
St. Thomas Aquinas. For a well-known twentieth-century reading of the
Summa, try A
Companion to the Summa by Walter Farrell, O.P.
- Hugh McDonald has an
Aquinas page;
he and Stephen Loughlin
have been working on a
translation
of St. Thomas's commentaries on the psalms.
The Thomas Instituut
te Utrecht has Tools for Thomists and links to Thomas Aquinas
sites around the world. See also:
St. Thomas
Aquinas Links
- Etudes
maritainiennes / Maritain Studies has a web page with information on
the journal and on the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association.
- CatholiCity offers an
environment for Catholics on the world wide web, with a City Hall,
Cathedral, Market, Grotto, and Schools, including the
International Catholic
University.
The Catholic Information Center on the
Internet provides access to information on the teachings of the Catholic
Church and to related services and resources, including
Catholic magazines
such as
Catholic
Dossier and
Crisis.
- The Catholic Canada Directory
has information on Catholic apologetics, consecrated life, documents,
media, music, organizations, places, prayer, resources, saints, schools,
and youth.
- The
Catholic World Wide Web Page at Carnegie Mellon University provides
an excellent selection of Catholic writings, including Papal encyclicals,
documents of Vatican II, Patristic literature, and the Bible. You can also
find such writings at
E.W.T.N.
- St. Charles Borromeo Catholic
Church has provided an Internet version of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church.
- The
Assumptionists,
Augustinians,
Benedictines,
Carmelites,
Claretians,
Daughters of St. Paul,
Dominicans,
Franciscans,
Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Immaculate,
Jesuits,
Marians of the Immaculate Conception,
Marianists,
Redemptorists,
Salvatorians,
Sisters of St. Joseph,
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Trappists,
and other
religious orders have web pages.
- The Christian Classics Ethereal Library
has many works that should interest Catholics. The
St. Pachomius Library, maintained by Orthodox Christians, offers works
of the Church Fathers and lives of early saints.
- The ARTFL
Project at the University of Chicago offers the
Bible
in French, German, English, and Latin
- To search for books available on the Internet, including such philosophers
as Plato, Descartes, Kant, Hume, and Locke, use
The On-Line Books
Page.
- Georgetown University has a World Wide Web Page called
Labyrinth
dedicated to the Middle Ages.
- The University of Kansas has an ftp
site of interest to students of the Middle Ages.
- The American Philosophical
Association also has a Web Page.
Works of Plato and Aristotle
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