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Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace [electronic resource] : Thomism and Democratic Political Theory.

By: Publication details: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (341 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739157169 (electronic bk.)
  • 0739157167 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace : Thomism and Democratic Political Theory.DDC classification:
  • 320.01 320/.01
LOC classification:
  • JC423 .H66 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword: ""The Very Graciousness of Being"" James V. Schall; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon: Responding to the Political Crisis of the Twentieth Century; Chapter 1 The Political Philosophy of Jacques Maritain; Chapter 2 On Virtue with Genius: The Achievement of Yves R. Simon; Part II: Thomism, Liberty, and Democracy; Chapter 3 Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon's Use of Thomas Aquinas in Their Defense of Liberal Democracy; Chapter 4 Maritain's Evaluation of Bourgeois Liberalism.
Chapter 5 Three Philosophies of Human Rights: Locke, Richards, and MaritainChapter 6 Why Locke Rejected an Ethics of Virtue and Turned to Utility; Chapter 7 The Two Lockes: On the Foundation of Liberty in Locke; Chapter 8 David A.J. Richards: Liberalism of the Autonomous Person; Chapter 9 Approaches to Democratic Equality; Chapter 10 Aurel Kolnai and the Metaphysics of Political Conservatism; Part III: Wisdom and Grace; Chapter 11 John Paul II and the Exorcism of Descartes' Ghost; Chapter 12 Maritain on the Intuition of Being; Chapter 13 Marion Montgomery and the Poet's Recovery of Being.
Chapter 14 Newman, Theology, and the Crisis in Liberal EducationChapter 15 James V. Schall on Faith, Reason, and Politics; Chapter 16 Maritain on the Cooperation of Church and State; Selected Bibliography of Maritain, Pieper, and Simon; Index; About the Author.
Summary: Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace is a comprehensive survey of the Thomists' contributions to contemporary political thought as well as a detailed analysis of their approach to democracy.
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword: ""The Very Graciousness of Being"" James V. Schall; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon: Responding to the Political Crisis of the Twentieth Century; Chapter 1 The Political Philosophy of Jacques Maritain; Chapter 2 On Virtue with Genius: The Achievement of Yves R. Simon; Part II: Thomism, Liberty, and Democracy; Chapter 3 Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon's Use of Thomas Aquinas in Their Defense of Liberal Democracy; Chapter 4 Maritain's Evaluation of Bourgeois Liberalism.

Chapter 5 Three Philosophies of Human Rights: Locke, Richards, and MaritainChapter 6 Why Locke Rejected an Ethics of Virtue and Turned to Utility; Chapter 7 The Two Lockes: On the Foundation of Liberty in Locke; Chapter 8 David A.J. Richards: Liberalism of the Autonomous Person; Chapter 9 Approaches to Democratic Equality; Chapter 10 Aurel Kolnai and the Metaphysics of Political Conservatism; Part III: Wisdom and Grace; Chapter 11 John Paul II and the Exorcism of Descartes' Ghost; Chapter 12 Maritain on the Intuition of Being; Chapter 13 Marion Montgomery and the Poet's Recovery of Being.

Chapter 14 Newman, Theology, and the Crisis in Liberal EducationChapter 15 James V. Schall on Faith, Reason, and Politics; Chapter 16 Maritain on the Cooperation of Church and State; Selected Bibliography of Maritain, Pieper, and Simon; Index; About the Author.

Liberty, Wisdom, and Grace is a comprehensive survey of the Thomists' contributions to contemporary political thought as well as a detailed analysis of their approach to democracy.

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