Jacques Maritain Center
Of which style St. Thomas is a master. Mill in the opening
of his Logic, quotes Sir W. Hamilton: 'To the Schoolmen
the vulgar languages are principally indebted for what
precision and analytic subtlety they possess.' How many modern
systems of philosophy would fall to pieces, were they enforced
with the subtlety and clearness of the scholastic method!
How profound the groans of the English reader over the jargon
of German-translated and German-thought philosophies! On
the other hand, how much are Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, Mill,
and Huxley indebted for their success to their manly English
style!