Thomistic Common Sense
Author | : Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021 |
ISBN-13 | : 1645851079 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781645851073 |
Rating | : 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Download or read book Thomistic Common Sense written by Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We are confronted by the clash of contradictory ideologies and a crisis of universal knowledge. Two major causes of this crisis are the erosion of common sense and a relativistic view of doctrinal development. Fr. Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange foresaw today's crisis and wrote keenly in defense of the classical Thomistic synthesis. His critiques of modern philosophy and theology, we are now able to see, were prophetic. This first-time English translation of his Le sens commun: La philosophie de l'être et les formules dogmatiques addresss the relationship between common sense and both philosophy and faith; the proper defense for philosophical realism; the subordination and coordination of philosophical first principles; our natural capacity for knowing God's existence; and, at length, the problem of dogmatic development"--