The philosophical and political essays Schall, James V. creator text bibliography Electronic books. dcu Washington, D.C Catholic University of America Press 2008 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xi, 337 p.) Introduction: A certain crime unobserved -- On Catholic thinking. The mind that is Catholic ; Infinitized by the spirit: Maritain and the intellectual vocation ; Chesterton, the real heretic: the outstanding eccentricity of the peculiar sect called Roman Catholics ; The very graciousness of being -- Reckoning with Plato. On the uniqueness of Socrates: political philosophy and the rediscovery of the human body ; On the death of Plato: some philosophical thoughts on the Thracian maidens ; What is piety? -- The abiding implications of friendship. Aristotle on friendship ; The totality of society: from justice to friendship ; The Trinity: God is not alone -- The medieval experience. The point of medieval political philosophy ; Possessed of both a reason and a revelation ; Aquinas and the defense of ordinary things: on what common men call common sense -- Implications of Catholic thought. The realism of St. Augustine's political realism: Augustine and Machiavelli ; Mystifying indeed: on being fully human ; Transcendence and political philosophy ; Mysticism, political philosophy, and play -- Things practical and impractical. Sports and philosophy ; The real alternatives to just war -- Where does it lead? On choosing not to see ; The ultimate meaning of existence ; The beginning of the real story -- Conclusion: On being allowed to read Monte Cristo. James V. Schall. Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-332) and index. Christianity and politics Catholic Church Political science Philosophy RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic BX1793 .S325 2008eb 282 Schall, James V. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, 2008 (DLC) 2008020523 (OCoLC)227328360 9780813218267 (electronic bk.) 0813218268 (electronic bk.) http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=360336 http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=360336 N$T 110321 20200709055344.0 ocn707926450