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Understanding our being : introduction to speculative philosophy in the perennial tradition /

"In the encyclical Fides et ratio, Pope John Paul II called upon teachers of philosophy "to recover, in the flow of an enduringly valid philosophical tradition, the range of authentic wisdom and truth." Understanding Our Being responds to this call with an introduction to speculative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carlson, John W. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Being
  • Knowledge of being : a realist approach
  • Philosophy of natural being
  • Implications of natural philosophy
  • Metaphysics proper
  • Fundamental principles and their implications
  • Questions for reflection
  • Our personal being
  • Approaches to the human
  • Life of knowledge
  • Life of affectivity and choice
  • Persons in community
  • Human soul as spiritual
  • Questions for reflection
  • God--being's source and end
  • Reasoning to God?
  • Knowledge of God : negative and analogical
  • The world and its creator
  • Providence and evil
  • "God's call" and the response of faith
  • Questions for reflection.