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Students Guide To Philosophy: Philosophy (Guides To Major Disciplines)

5 reviews
Ralph M. Mcinerny

Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 1999

philosophy belongs to everyone
Rather than a give the story of philosophy in 50 pages, Dr. McInerny points students of philosophy in a direction such that their philosophical studies might actually benefit their lives. The book is thus a defense of perennial philosophy, and the classical view that philosophy is something humans are "naturally" drawn to do, because it completes our lives. Dr. McInerny engages the reader in ...

Introduction to the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas
John of St. Thomas, Ralph McInerny

St. Augustine's Press, 2003

John of St. Thomas (John Poinsot) lived from 1584 to 1644 and was one of the luminaries of the Second Scholasticism, which flourished on the Iberian Peninsula at a time when, on the continent, Thomism was virtually eclipsed. In his Cursus Philosophicus, John of St. Thomas provides a remarkable précis of the philosophy that is presupposed by theology. His Cursus Theologicus is a commentary on the Summa Theologiae in the manner of the Master's ...

Aquinas and Analogy

5 reviews
Ralph M. McInerny

Catholic University of America Press, 1999

Life is more than a metaphor
I found the book clear enough. To those with an honest desire to understand reality on a sounder basis than many contemporary philosophies allow,I highly recommend this book.To those who want live in a well paid soft focus world I commend the previous reviewers

The Degrees of Knowledge (The Collected Works of Jacques Maritain)

4 reviews
Jacques Maritain

University of Notre Dame Press, 1999

The work of a great mind!
The work of a great mind Out of the many books Jacques Maritain wrote, his Degrees of Knowledge can be considered as his Magnum Opus in the field of speculative philosophy. First published in 1932, it is his major work on the theory of knowledge, inspired by the philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas and the mystical works of St John of the Cross. The whole purpose of the book is to make a synthesis ...

Commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Thomas Aquinas's Aristotelian Commentaries Series)

3 reviews
C. I. Litzinger, St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Augustines Dumb Ox Books, 1993

Another Great Text from Dumb Ox
As with the other commentaries from Dumb Ox Books, this text contains both the original text from Aristotle, and Aquinas' comments. These two texts are nicely distinguishable for the lay reader (or beginning reader) since Dumb Ox has put Aristotle's work in italics and Aquinas' commentary in normal typed text. This is a very helpful text in understanding two things. First, what Aquinas thought of ...

On This Rockne: A Notre Dame Mystery (Notre Dame Mysteries)

5 reviews
Ralph M. McInerny

St. Martin's Press, 1997

Slightly Skewed Emphasis
I liked this book much better than the other reviewers did ... except for the fact that McInerny doesn't seem to want Notre Dame to win a football game! (I've read all of them in this series I can find, and the author features a game in each one ... and they're always ties! Forget that, and win one for the Gipper!) I found the "literary detection," however, more fascinating than the murder ...

What Went Wrong With Vatican II: The Catholic Crisis Explained

22 reviews
Ralph M. McInerny

Sophia Institute Press, 1998

Prophetic
Unlike some of the other reviewers, I did not find the title misleading because what went wrong with Vatican II was not Vatican II itself. Unfortunately, the Council, its documents, and subsequent documents with Church authority have been deliberately misinterpreted or ignored by people acting without authority.

Praeambula Fidei: Thomism And the God of the Philosophers
Ralph M. McInerny

Catholic University of America Press, 2006

The praeambula fidei ("preambles of faith") are regarded by Thomas Aquinas as the culmination of philosophy: natural theology, the highest knowledge of God that is possible on philosophical grounds alone. The natural home for such considerations is the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Thomas's commentary on that work. Yet Thomas's view has been cast into doubt, with philosophers and theologians alike attempting to drive a wedge between ...

I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You: My Life And Pastimes

3 reviews
Ralph M. McInerny

University of Notre Dame Press, 2006

Delightful
A delightful autobiography -- one can only wish it were longer. The author's life has been full of adventures that most of us can experience only second-hand. Of particular interest may be the chapter on Vatican II and its aftermath, or the chapter delineating the problems of modernist philosophers and the Scholastic antidote. For many readers, especially those of the author's multitudinous ...

Ethica Thomistica: The Moral Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas

2 reviews
Ralph M. McInerny

Catholic University of America Press, 1997

Excellent Introduction
McInerny offers a fine introduction to the ethics of Thomas Aquinas in this volume. While not a large book by any means, it is packed with information that is very valuable for one trying to understand the ethical principles of Aquinas. McInerny discusses natural law and the alleged "naturalistic fallacy", the difference between real and apparent goods, the notion of the Ultimate End as argued by ...

Carolyn G. Hart presents Malice Domestic (4)

1 review
Carolyn G. Hart, Ralph McInerny, ...

Pocket Books, 1995

THRILLING!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
It was great! It had the perfecct balance of the two most important things: mystery, and suspence. You may like this book, or you may LOVE it, I happen to be one that loves it, it was cunning, and abouve all, smartly written. As a college student, I was scared to receive sleep that nite! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):) HI dad!

The Red Hat

5 reviews
Ralph M. McInerny

Ignatius Press, 1998

Terrific and Very Funny!
Ralph McInerny, Edward Sheehan and Michael O'Brien are the three best Catholic fiction writers working today. This is one of McInerny's best novels, comparable to his first, "The Priest," in that it's a stand-alone story rather than part of a series, like the Father Dowling Mysteries. Much more complex than that too, but with the same sly, almost deadpan humor throughout. He takes an ...

Death Takes the Veil and Other Stories (Five Star Mystery Series)

1 review
Monica Quill

Five Star (ME), 2001

Book review
Another interesting mystery involving sister MT. Friends have also enjoyed reading this book. Received timely and in excellent condition.

St. Thomas Aquinas
Ralph M. McInerny

University of Notre Dame Press, 1982

Triple Pursuit: A Father Dowling Mystery
Ralph M. McInerny

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001

"McInerny has created the most engaging, irascible priest-detective since Chesterton's Father Brown." - Booklist In his many years of service to the St. Hillary's congregation, Father Dowling has often helped untangle intricate problems among the faithful. This time, a young woman who occasionally attended mass at St. Hillary's has been killed in a car accident, struck down by speeding traffic. Conflicting eyewitness reports have Detective ...

The Tears of Things: A Father Dowling Mystery
Ralph M. McInerny

St Martins Pr, 1996

Murder Most Divine: Ecclesiastical Tales of Unholy Crimes (Murder Most Series)

3 reviews

Cumberland House Publishing, 2000

Stories that prey on your mind!
No , Dan Brown is not among the authors of this "saintly collection" of short stories. There is no DaVinci revelation! However, what the editor has done in this anthology is to amass some spirited canons of literary merit, metaphorically speaking! In "Murder Most Divine," we find the ecclesiastical range being quite thoroughly explored. These 18 stories present some good priests, some not ...

Lack of the Irish: A Mystery Set at the University of Notre Dame

2 reviews
Ralph M. McInerny

St Martins Pr, 1998

Serious and hilarious!
A classic, though not complicated mystery (I did not solve it --prior to the solution being revealed--even though it was right there in front of my eyes). Delightfully human (and sometimes hilarious) characters. A few malcontents you can love to hate, as well. I have visited ND only once briefly, so I'm sure a few of the "in" jokes escaped me. I have enough Catholic friends and watch an ...

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