The Writings of Charles De Koninck: Volume Two [Hardcover]

Volume 2 ofThe Writings of Charles De Koninckcarries on the project begun by volume 1 of presenting the first English edition of the collected works of the Catholic Thomist philosopher Charles De Koninck (19061965). Ralph McInerny (19292010) was the project editor and prepared the excellent translations.

This volume begins with two works published in 1943:Ego Sapientia: The Wisdom That Is Mary, De Koninck's first study in Mariology, andThe Primacy of the Common Good Against the Personalists(withThe Principle of the New Order), which generated a strong critical reaction. Included in this volume are two reviews ofThe Primacy of the Common Good, by Yves R. Simon and I. Thomas Eschmann, O.P., and De Koninck's substantial response to Eschmann in his lengthy In Defence of St. Thomas. The volume concludes with a group of short essays: The Dialectic of Limits as Critique of Reason, Notes on Marxism, This Is a Hard Saying, [Review of]Between Heaven and Earth, and Concept, Process, and Reality.

Present the first English editions of collected works of the Catholic Thomist philosopher Charles De Koninck (19061965).

Charles De Koninck was on the faculty of Qu?becs Universit? de Laval and was director of Lavals philosophy faculty from 1939 to 1956. He lectured frequently in the United States, as well as in Latin America, Europe, and Canada.

This is the second volume of a . . . series of the collected works of the Catholic Thomist Charles de Koninck. He was on the faculty of Quebecs Laval University and director of Lavals Philosophy Faculty from 1939 to 1956. His works belong to the same class of Thomistic writings of such individuals as Etienne Gilson and Jacques Maritain. Catholic Library World

Volume Two ofThe Writings of Charles De Koninckreveals a Thomist at home not merely in the deepest questions of natural science and natural philosophy, but also in the highestlS&