Neo-Scholasticism was a philosophical and theological school of thought that arose in the mid-nineteenth century as a revival of medieval scholasticism, especially the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. In the later decades of the century and well into the 20th century Neo-Scholasticism dominated the Catholic intellectual milieu.Neo-Scholasticism was a philosophical and theological school of thought that arose in the mid–-nineteenth century as a revival of medieval scholasticism, especially of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. In the later decades of the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth, Neo-Scholasticism dominated the Catholic intellectual milieu.

This textbook of Catholic philosophy is almost throughout an exposition of the Thomistic doctrine. Whatever material in the book is not directly derived from St. Thomas is drawn from the rich treasury of Scholastic writers. It begins with a section on Rational philosophy, and covers logic, ideology, and criteriology. The next section is on Real philosophy; it covers general and special metaphysics. The third section is on natural theology, and covers the existence and unity of God, the attribute...