Jacques Maritain Center

Thomism in an Age of Renewal

by Ralph M. McInerny



CONTENTS


PREFACE

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER TWO: PHILOSOPHY AND TRADITION

Language as Tradition
On Learning Philosophy
The Advantages of Tradition
Philosophers and Philosophy
Language and Philosophy
Philosophia perennis
Tradition and the Individual Talent
Summary
Notes

CHAPTER THREE: PHILOSOPHY AND FAITH

Knowing and Believing
Philosophy and Philosophizing
The Ethics of Philosophizing
The Virtues of the Intellectual
Interim Summary
Christian Philosophy
The Christian Philosopher
Concluding Summary
Notes

CHAPTER FOUR: THE ROLE OF ST. THOMAS

The Authority of St. Thomas
Aquinas as Symbol
Past Responses to Aquinas
The Leonine Revival
A Substantive Response
Institutional Response
Envoi
Notes