Pre-Modern Philosophy Defended

by Josef Kleutgen and Josef Kleutgen S.J.

"Pre-modern philosophy" means the line of reflection that started with Plato andvAristotle, passed through Augustine and Boethius, and reached its acme in Aquinas, Scotus, and Suarez. The whole line was harshly judged by Descartes, then mocked by the empiricsts of the 18th Century. Why, then, did Pope Leo XII make a determined effort to revive it? And, more importantly, why was the revival a stunning success by the middle of the 20th Century?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587316552
• ISBN13: 9781587316555
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
• Length: 675 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"