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Aquinas Lecture by Elenore Stump, Ph.D.

Posted by David Mendez in aquinas, Elenore Stump, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Religion on 29 Nov 2011 | No comments

It’s excellent to see that there is more and more prominent thomists’ videos are being hosted publicly in areas such as YouTube. Here we have a  ”2009 Aquinas Lecture, Desires of the Heart: Finding True Fulfillment, … delivered January 25, 2009, by the internationally renowned Thomist, Elenore Stump, Ph.D.”  

Piotr Jaroszynski, Beauty and Being: Thomistic Perspectives

Posted by David Mendez in aquinas, Beauty, Metaphysics, Natural Theology on 30 May 2011 | 1 Comment

Product Description This book represents an attempt to distinguish and define what beauty is in metaphysical terms, to arrive at a better understanding of beauty as a transcendental property of being, and to establish beauty’s place in philosophy alongside truth and the good through an exploration of whether there can truly be a philosophy of…

Quote of the Day

Posted by David Mendez in aquinas, Aristotle, Bible, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Natural Theology on 03 Mar 2011 | No comments

Great discussion on thomism list. There was a recent quote posted that really peaked my interest: “We ask why the Philosopher has so often used such an obscure mode of teaching. Here is the reason: in temples, one uses veils to prevent anyone, even the profane, from approaching what they are not worthy to approach.…

Thomism and Atheism by James V. Schall SJ

Posted by David Mendez in Apologetics, aquinas, Atheism, Books & Bookstores, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Thomism on 08 Feb 2011 | No comments

I just got alerted to this new work. I have not recieved any other information other than this abstract but this should be interesting. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1741-2005.2010.01370.x/abstract Keywords: Thomism; atheism; acidia; infidelity; pride; self-creation Abstract Atheism, the thesis that God does not exist and Thomism, the thesis that there are “proofs” for the existence of God based…

Quote of the Day -Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Posted by David Mendez in aquinas, Aristotle, Epistemology, Logic, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Theology, Thomism, Truth on 10 Jan 2011 | No comments

Ours is but a borrowed existence, freely given us by God, and He keeps us in existence because indeed He wills it so. Ours is but a goodness in which there is so much infirmity and even degradation; there is so much error in our knowledge. This thought, while serving to make us humble, brings…

RÉGINALD GARRIGOU-LAGRANGE AND SOME DISPUTED QUESTIONS IN 20TH CENTURY CATHOLIC THOUGHT

Posted by David Mendez in aquinas, Metaphysics, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Thomism, Truth on 27 Dec 2010 | No comments

This colloquium will consider the work and legacy of Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP (1877-1964). A key figure in 20th century Catholic thought, his philosophical convictions, articulated in responses to Bergson and Blondel among others, supported theological positions that contrasted controversially with those of a number of figures associated with the nouvelle théologie.