"A direct textual study of an important sector of St. Thomas is made by H. P. Kainz, 'Actice and Passive Potency' in Thomistic Angelology. Angelology both explicates and tests some Thomistic principle
"The writers represented are somewhat more diverse than is usual in collections of this sort (they include Dante, Erasmus, Kant, Lorenz, and Rawls). Kainz has helpfully arranged the selections in six
Are humans unique among animals - and if so, what makes humans human? Is human freedom a delusion? Do people possess paranormal powers? How do the sexes differ? Are personality traits and intelligenc
According to natural law theory, there exists an objective law of morality based in the nature of human society or human nature. Thus, natural law is inherently true, not a product of a mutable or sub
The publication in 1807 of Georg Wilhelm Frederich Hegel's Phanomenologie des Geistes (translated alternately as “Phenomenology of Mind” or “Phenomenology of Spirit”) marked the beginning of the moder
The German philosopher Hegel made one of the last great attempts to develop philosophy as an all-embracing scientific system, placing him in the company of the classical philosophers who also attempte
Responding to the rash of books supporting a "new atheism" in recent years, some excellent rebuttals and refutations by Berlinski, Novak, Hart, Day, and others have also been published. The present b
Paraphrases Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy (1825-26) which clarify his philosophical positions by describing earlier works and making critical comments on them. The raw lectures are s
