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Loading... God, Philosophy, Universities: A Selective History of the Catholic Philosophical Traditionby Alasdair MacIntyre
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 "The Catholic philosophical tradition offers a vision of the university that takes seriously what an education for human flourishing might look like and of the pivotal role faith and philosophy play in that vision."  "We seem to be offered a biographical dictionary of philosophers who were Catholics rather than a narrative of a coherent philosophical tradition. Is there really a Catholic philosophical tradition, in the same sense as there is a Catholic theological tradition, and as there are Platonic and Aristotelian traditions in philosophy?" "MacIntyre’s story shows how the debate between theology and philosophy, that once defined and energized the medieval university, can repeat its soul restoring work today." "Nor would I be eager to take on the task of integrating all intellectual activity in a modern university, especially on the premise that its understanding of truth must be Thomistic and its theology Augustinian (178). It seems unlikely my colleagues would grant me the presumed intellectual authority, and I’m not even certain I would know what exactly I had accomplished if I succeeded."  "Without intending it, Alasdair MacIntyre may have written the most important response to the New Atheists."
Three convictions underlie this book. The first is that an educated Catholic laity needs to understand a good deal more about Catholic philosophical thought than it does now. The warring partisans on the great issues that engage our culture and politics presuppose the truth of some philosophical theses and the falsity of others. Second, argues MacIntyre, Catholic philosophy is best understood historically, as a continuing conversation through the centuries, in which we turn and return to the most important voices from our past. Third, philosophy is not just a matter of propositions affirmed or No library descriptions found. |
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