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Book SynopsisThis book, written by well-known students of Étienne Gilson and especially dedicated to Armand A. Maurer, helps inaugurate a long-overdue special series in philosophy honoring Gilson’s legendary scholarship. It presents wide-ranging expositions of Thomist realism in the tradition of Gilsonian humanism covering themes related to philosophy in general, historical method, aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and politics.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Curtis L. Hancock Editor’s Introduction Acknowledgments ONE Jorge J.E. GRACIA: The Enlightening Gloss: Gilson and the History of Philosophy TWO Richard GERAGHTY: The Practical Nature of Moral Philosophy THREE Peter A. REDPATH: Philosophy’s Non-Systematic Nature FOUR Robert A. DELFINO: The Beauty of Wisdom: A Tribute to Armand A. Maurer FIVE Desmond J. FITZGERALD: Étienne Gilson and the San Francisco Conference SIX Raymond DENNEHY: Maritain’s Reply to Gilson’s Rejection of Critical Realism SEVEN Joseph J. CALIFANO: On the Nature of Being and Division of Speculative Sciences EIGHT Francesca MURPHY: Gilson and Maritain: Battle Over The Beautiful NINE Richard J. FAFARA: Gilson and Gouhier: Approaches to Malebranche TEN James MAROOSIS: Poinsot, Peirce, and Pegis: Knowing as a Way of Being ELEVEN James V. SCHALL: Possessed of Both a Reason and a Revelation About the Contributors Illustrations Index of Works and Professional Appearances Index of Authors, Editors, and Translators Index of Names and Subjects
