Elementary Course of Christian Philosophy: Based on the Principles of the Best Scholastic Authors
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
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 attributes of God, and the attributes of God in relation to the world. The fourth section covers Christian ethics, in particular individual law, social law, and the common law of nations. After these in-depth studies, Poissy turns to the general history of philosophy and outlines the major ancient, medieval, and modern philosophers and their teachings.
Top Highlights
“The conclusion must be contained in one of the premises, and the other premise must show that it is contained therein.” (Page 35)
“Ideas are concrete or abstract, clear or obscure, distinct or confused, complete or incomplete” (Page 5)
“The use of the syllogism gives clearness, strength, and flexibility to the mind.” (Page 48)
“and represents not the sensible qualities of an individual object, but its nature as one of a class of objects.” (Page 4)
“terms constitute the matter of the proposition; the copula, which gives being to the proposition, is its form.” (Page 20)