Understanding Our Being: Introduction to Speculative Philosophy in the Perennial Tradition

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297 Bibliography The entries here listed all contribute to the perennial tradition as understood and explained in the Introduction. The sets of references for each of the book’s three main parts begin with texts from Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. These are followed by recent expositions, discussions, and extensions of perennial philosophy, as well as expressions of other contemporary perspectives that might be incorporated into the ongoing tradition. The standard English editions of Aquinas’s two major works are: Summa Contra Gentiles, translated, with introductions and notes, by Anton C. Pegis , James F. Anderson, Vernon J. Bourke, and Charles J. O’Neil, 4 vols., Doubleday , 1955–57; reprinted by University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Ind., 1975); and Summa Theologiae (Summa Theologica), 5 vols., translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Benzinger Brothers, 1947; reprinted by Christian Classics (Westminster, Md., 1981). A modern English translation, with notes and glossaries, is to be found in the sixty-volume Latin/English Blackfriars edition of Summa Theologiae, Thomas Gilby, O.P., general editor (London: McGraw-Hill, 1964–73). Translations of Aquinas’s commentaries on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Physics, De Anima (On the Soul), and Metaphysics have been reprinted, with forewords by Ralph McInerny, in the Aristotelian Commentary Series, Dumb Ox Books (Notre Dame, Ind., 1993–99). Also of note is the ongoing Hackett Aquinas Project from Hackett Publishing (Indianapolis, Ind.). Each volume in this new series contains a fresh translation of the selected texts, together with a commentary . Initial volumes are Robert Pasnau, trans., The Treatise on Human Nature: Summa Theologiae 1a 75–89 (2002); Brian Shanley, O.P., trans., The Treatise on the Divine Nature: Summa Theologiae 1a 1–13 (2006); and Peter King, trans., On Being and Essence (2007). English versions of Aquinas’s Summas are available electronically. For the Summa Theologiae (Summa Theologica), translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province, see www.newadvent.org/summa/; for the Summa Contra Gentiles, translated by Joseph Rickaby, S.J., see www.nd.edu/Departments /Maritain/etext/gc.htm. Other Internet resources for students of perennial philosophy include the website of the Jacques Maritain Center, University of Notre Dame, at http://maritain.nd.edu/jmc/; Stephen Loughlin’s Home Page—St. Thomas Aquinas at www.desales.edu/~philtheo/Aquinas/; the website of Thomas International, including the McInerny Center for Thomistic Studies, at www.thomasinternational.org/; Mark F. Johnson’s Thomistica website at www.thomistica.net; Joseph M. Magee’s website Thomistic Philosophy at www.aquinasonline.com/; and the website of the Society for Aristotelian Studies at www.aristotle-aquinas.org. See also The Radical Academy, including the Mortimer J. Adler Archive and other resources at www.radicalacademy.com; and the philosophy section of James Arraj’s website, Inner Explorations, at www.innerexplorations.com. Introduction Ciapalo, Roman T., ed. Postmodernism and Christian Philosophy. Washington , D.C.: American Maritain Association/The Catholic University of America Press, 1997. Dennehy, Raymond. “The Philosophical Catbird Seat: A Defense of Maritain ’s Philosophia Perennis.” In The Future of Thomism, edited by Deal Hudson, Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1992. Gilson, Etienne. The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. New York: Random House, 1956. John Paul II. Fides et ratio (On the Relationship between Faith and Reason). Vatican translation. Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 1998. Maritain, Jacques. Science and Wisdom. Translated by Bernard Wall. London : Geoffrey Bles, 1940. ———. A Preface to Metaphysics. London: Sheed and Ward, 1945. Nichols, Aiden. Discovering Aquinas. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2002. Owens, Joseph, C.Ss.R. Towards a Christian Philosophy. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1990. Pieper, Josef. Guide to Thomas Aquinas. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1991. Ramos, Alice, and Marie I. George, eds. Faith, Scholarship, and Culture in the 21st Century. Washington, D.C.: American Maritain Association/ The Catholic University of America Press, 2002. Smith, Timothy L., ed. Faith and Reason. South Bend, Ind.: St. Augustine’s Press, 2001. Wippel, John F. “The Possibility of a Christian Philosophy: A Thomistic Perspective.” Faith and Philosophy 1 (1984): 272–90. Wojtyła, Karol (John Paul II). Person and Community. Selected essays, translated by Theresa Sandok, O.S.M. New York: Peter Lang, 1993. Part 1 Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. Among the many writings of these seminal authors, the following are especially relevant to the topics of part 1: 298 bibliography a)  Aristotle. Categories, Physics...