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26Being and Some Twentieth-Century Thomists (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 77 (4): 619-625. 2003.
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25The Route to Substance in Suarez’s Disputationes MetaphysicaeProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 61 (n/a): 98-111. 1987.
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25Thomas Aquinas and John duns scotus: Natural theology in the high middle ages. By Alexander W. hall: Book reviews (review)Heythrop Journal 50 (4): 729-731. 2009.
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23Tradition and Authenticity (review)Review of Metaphysics 47 (2): 374-375. 1993.This work finds some inspiration in the investigations of the late Eric Vogelin, who insisted that the existence of history and man's existence within history result from man's articulation of his experience as ordered to the whole of being and its source. While Langan's enterprise does not explicitly rest on Vogelin's judgment in his Order and History that "God, man, world and society form a primordial community in being," it is within these speculative parameters that he works.
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23Torah and Wisdom (review)Review of Metaphysics 48 (2): 415-417. 1994.This volume of studies in honor of Arthur Hyman contains various investigations in philosophy, Halakha, and Kabbala. While several focus upon ethico-legal issues pertinent to rabbinic law, such as economic public policy in the Torah and Sabbath laws in the writings of Philo, four concentrate on Maimonides' understanding of metaphysics and knowledge of God.
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23Studies on Porphyry. Edited by George Karamanolis and Anne Sheppard: Book reviews (review)Heythrop Journal 50 (4): 704-705. 2009.
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22Aristotle and Other Platonists (review)Review of Metaphysics 59 (1): 175-178. 2005.Aristotle and Other Platonists is a remarkable work in terms of what is established and how its arguments are developed. Gerson’s meticulous and sensitive examinations of original texts of Plato and Ar-istotle, along with their central commentary traditions and more recent interpretations, offer nuanced insights into the intended meanings of each relevant text. Gerson attempts “ in part to achieve a richer understanding of Platonism by showing why Neoplatonists took Aristotle to be an authentic …Read more
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22Proclus: An Introduction. By Radek Chlup. Pp. xv, 328, Cambridge University Press, 2012, $110.00/£69.00 (review)Heythrop Journal 57 (1): 219-221. 2016.
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22Art and Intellect in the Philosophy of Etienne Gilson (review)Review of Metaphysics 58 (3): 676-678. 2005.This is a remarkably perceptive reflection on a central concern of one of the twentieth century’s greatest academic figures, Etienne Gilson. By integrating prior superb biographical presentations and immersing herself in Gilson’s major works, Murphy attempts to detail his evolving understanding of art in terms of his deepening concern with sources and his constant dialogical engagement with major intellectual personages at different phases of his career.
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21Culture and the Thomist Tradition After Vatican II (review)American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 79 (3): 511-516. 2005.
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21Greek & Roman Philosophy: 100 BC - 200 AD. Edited by Robert Sharples and Richard SorabjiHeythrop Journal 52 (1): 122-123. 2011.
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20Truth and Historicity (review)Review of Metaphysics 49 (1): 126-128. 1995.This work by a Reader in Philosophy at the Australian National University is an effort to offer a scholarly examination of the history of the concept of truth. Inspired by Hegel's insight concerning philosophy as "nachdenken", Campbell seeks to elucidate the meaning of truth through the mediation of major figures intensely concerned with the issue from the Greeks until the present. The aim is a "deeper self-understanding with respect to the themes of truth and historicity" accessible to a wider …Read more
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18Speaking the Incomprehensible God (review)Review of Metaphysics 58 (3): 680-682. 2005.This is an exceptional achievement of comprehension and depth in elucidating and explaining positions, principles, and rationales of Aquinas in unfolding contexts. No staid effort to merely portray the doctrines of a great thinker of the past, it is rather a truly creative exploration that reveals how Aquinas’ insights might assist an ordered integration of truths about the divine nature within differing speculative traditions.
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18Simplicius (review)Review of Metaphysics 59 (1): 188-190. 2005.Utilizing the 1894 edition of Simplicius's commentary by J. L. Heiberg in the Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca, and P. Moraux's 1965 edition of Aristotle's De Caelo, this translation continues a valuable project under the general editorship of R. Sorabji that offers English readers access to works by ancient commentators on Aristotle. By comparing pertinent printed editions and manuscripts, Mueller has maintained the highest standards in weighing variant readings. This is evidenced in the 500 n…Read more
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18The libraries of the neoplatonists. Edited by Cristina D'Ancona: Book reviews (review)Heythrop Journal 50 (4): 705-706. 2009.
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18Aquinas on scripture. Edited by Thomas weinandy, Daniel Keating, John yocum: Book reviews (review)Heythrop Journal 50 (4): 725-726. 2009.
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18"Politeia" as Focal Reference in Aristotle's Taxonomy of RegimesReview of Metaphysics 58 (4). 2005.
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17Platonic Ideas and Concept Formation in Ancient and Medieval Thought (review)Review of Metaphysics 59 (1): 183-186. 2005.This tribute to Carlos Steel, director of the De Wulf-Mansion Centre and former Dean of Philosophy at Leuven University, offers a full bibliography of this eminent scholar's research in areas of ancient thought, critical editions of medieval texts, and central issues dealt with by prominent medieval speculators. This is followed by eleven essays arranged in three major groupings
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16Les Attributions (review)Review of Metaphysics 39 (3): 577-579. 1986.This translation has been rendered in order to compensate for the absence of any recent commentary in French on Aristotle's Categories, that work which Simplicius insisted is the proem to all Philosophy since this treatise is a source of logic, and logic precedes all Philosophy. Besides offering as literally and accurately as possible the sense of Aristotle's text, this volume contains as well the interesting commentary inspired by the teaching of Ammonius of Hermeias, which to this date has not…Read more