Christian Philosophy: Greek, Medieval, Contemporary Reflections - Hardcover

Sweeney, Leo

9780820411798: Christian Philosophy: Greek, Medieval, Contemporary Reflections

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0820411795 ISBN 13: 9780820411798

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 1997

'Christian Philosophy' concerns the perennial paradox of reason/revelation and philosophy/theology by reflecting on: whether philosophy has ever been �pure� i.e., free of beliefs; how Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus helped prepare for Christian philosophy; how these practiced it: Bonaventure, Guerric, Albert, Aquinas, Maritain. As monists Marcel and Whitehead confirm that philosophy cannot be faith but must remain distinct and yet dependent on it if philosophy is to be Christian. This book closes by studying how Aquinas' positions are an antidote to current trends such as Sartre's existentialism, Neo-kantian self-centered epistemology and ethics, Derrida's deconstructionism.

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About the Author:

The Author: Leo Sweeney, S.J. is Research Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He received an M.A. from St.Louis University and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He is the author of "Metaphysics of Authentic Existentialism" (1965), "Infinity in Presocratics" (1972), "Divine Infinity in Greek and Medieval Thought" (Peter Lang, 1992), and "Authentic Metaphysics in an Age of Unreality" (Peter Lang, 1996). He edited "Wisdom in Depth" (1966); three "Proceedings" of Jesuit Philosophical Association. He is the author of many articles in journals and chapters in books edited by others.

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