Yves R. Simon

An Yves R. Simon Reader

The Philosopher's Calling
Herausgeber: Torre, Michael D.

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Produktbeschreibung

"In The Philosopher's Calling: An Yves R. Simon Reader, Torre sets up a dialog between Yves Simon and his most competent commentators, all well-known contemporary Thomists. Simon was a political theorist, a student of Jacques Maritain, and one of the founders of 20th century Neo-Thomism. In 1958, the American Catholic Philosophical Association awarded him its Aquinas Medal, which had earlier been given to Maritain and Etienne Gilson; later awardees included Josef Pieper, Bernard Lonergan, Mortimer Adler, Karol Wojtyla (later Pope John Paul II), Alasdair MacIntyre, Eleonore Stump, and Remi Brague. Simon was also a visiting professor at Notre Dame from 1938 to 1948, and his papers are housed here today. Simon's work, however, is still little-known in English, and there is as yet no English biography of him. Michael Torre, in addition to providing an erudite and helpful introduction to Simon's life and thought, has selected key texts from Simon's entire oeuvre, dividing them into three sections: on knowledge, on freedom, and on community. The selections are long enough to be substantive and contain sustained and complete arguments. Each selection also has its own proper foreword by an eminent scholar, familiar with Simon's work, who lays out the necessary context for the reader. The result is a highly readable introduction to the thought of a key and underappreciated modern philosopher"--

Produktdetails

• Catholic Ideas for a Secular World
• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Seitenzahl: 514
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 153mm x 231mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 744g
• ISBN-13: 9780268108304
• ISBN-10: 0268108307
• Artikelnr.: 60983533

Autorenporträt

Yves R. Simon (1903-1961) was professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. He was the author of numerous books, including A General Theory of Authority (1991) and Philosophy of Democratic Government (1993), both published by the University of Notre Dame Press. Michael D. Torre is associate professor of philosophy at the University of San Francisco. He is the author and editor of twelve books, including Do Not Resist the Spirit's Call: Francisco Marín-Sola on Sufficient Grace. John W. Carlson (1943-2012) was professor emeritus of philosophy at Creighton University. He was the author of several books, including Words of Wisdom: A Philosophical Dictionary for the Perennial Tradition (University of Notre Dame Press, 2012). Anthony O. Simon (1936-2012) was director of the Yves R. Simon Institute and for many years the secretary of the American Maritain Association.

Inhaltsangabe

An Account of the Reader, by Way of Acknowledgment
Simon's Works In The Reader: Summary And Guide
Part I. Introduction
1. The Philosophy of Yves R. Simon
Introduction by Michael D. Torre
2. Method in Philosophy
by Jude P. Dougherty
Part II. Knowledge
3. Knowledge as Immanent Action
Introduction by Raymond Dennehy
4. The Distinction of Thing and Object
Introduction by John C. Cahalan
5. Analogy and Metaphysical Knowledge
Introduction by Steven A. Long
6. Sensation and Physical Knowledge
Introduction by Ralph Nelson
7. Knowledge of Persons and Society
Introduction by John P. Hittinger Jr.
8. Moral Knowledge
Introduction by Ralph McInerny
Part III. Freedom
9. Human Freedom
Introduction by David B. Burrell, CSC
10. Human Reason and Will
Introduction by Laurence Berns
11. Good Use and Habitus
Introduction by Catherine Green
12. The Definition of Moral Virtue
Introduction by W. David Solomon
13. Freedom of Intellect
Introduction by V. Bradley Lewis
14. Society and the Formation of Free Persons
Introduction by Joseph W. Koterski, SJ
Part IV. Community
15. Political Society
Introduction by James V. Schall, SJ
16. The Definition of Law
Introduction by George Anastaplo
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17. The Common Good and Authority
Introduction by Walter J. Nicgorski
18. Work and Society
Introduction by John A. Gueguen Jr.
19. Economic Justice
Introduction by Thomas R. Rourke
20. Community, Truth, and Culture
Introduction by Jeanne Heffernan Schindler
Epilogue: Problems in International Order
Introduction by Robert Royal
Select Bibliography
Contributors
Index