Includes bibliographical references and index.

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""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. The Principle of All Reality""; ""1. Books That Are “Great��Books That Are “True�""; ""2. On Rereading the Apology of Socrates""; ""3. The Purpose of Creation""; ""Part II. On Something or Other Really Existing""; ""4. On the Things That Depend on Philosophy""; ""5. On the Conquest of Human Nature: Ancients, Moderns�Medievals, Futures""; ""6. Why Political Philosophy Is Not a Natural Science""; ""Part III. Sufficient Understanding to See the Truth""; ""7. The Rational Animal""

""8. Liberal Education�“Missing Many Allusions�: On Why Not to Study the Bible and the Classics""""9. On Praise and Celebration""; ""Part IV. On Finding a Natural Explanation for Mysteries""; ""10. Thomism and Atheism""; ""11. The Definitive Kingdom""; ""12. A Roman Catholic Reading of Plato�s Gorgias""; ""Part V. At the Calling of All Nations""; ""13. Ratzinger on the Modern Mind""; ""14. From Cambridge to Regensburg: On Intellectual Courage""; ""15. “Intellectual Charity�""; ""Part VI. Much That Is Fair""

""16. “Plato�s Charm�: On the “Audience� of Political Philosophy""""17. On That by Which Human Things Are Measured""; ""18. On the “Right� to Be Born""; ""Part VII. On Following the Pull of the Divine Nous""; ""19. On Political Philosophy and the Understanding of Things: Reflections on Fifty Years of Writing""; ""20. Revelation and Political Philosophy: On Locating the Best City""; ""21. “A Plan of Surpassing Beauty�""; ""Conclusion: What Is “Roman Catholic Political Philosophy?�""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""