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Jacques Maritain
Yves R. Simon
Ralph McInerny
The Thomistic Revival
- Aeterni Patris
Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII (1879)
On the Restoration of Christian Philosophy
- The Metaphysics of the School
by Thomas Harper, S.J. (1879)
- Pre-Socratic Philosophy
by Albert Stöckl (1887)
- The Existence of God: A Dialogue
by Richard F. Clarke, S.J. (1887)
- Aristotle and the Christian Church
by Brother Azarias (1888)
- On Universals: Opusculum I
by Matteo Liberatore, S.J. (1889)
- The First Principles of Knowledge
by John Rickaby, S.J. (1889)
- A Brief Text-Book of Logic and Mental Philosophy
by Charles Coppens, S.J. (1891)
- Elements of Moral Theology
by John J. Elmendorf [Episcopalian] (1892)
- Elementary Course of Christian Philosophy
by Brother Louis of Poissy (1893)
- The Physical System of St. Thomas
by Giovanni Maria Cornoldi, S.J. (1893)
- A Synopsis of St. Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologiae
Adapted from The Rosary Magazine (September 1893)
- A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy
by Charles Coppens, S.J. (1895)
- "St. Thomas and Modern Thought"
by Edward A. Pace (March 1896)
- General Metaphysics
by John Rickaby, S.J. (1898)
- Natural Theology
by Bernard Boedder, S.J. (1902)
- History of Philosophy
by William Turner (1903)
- A Systematic Study of the Catholic Religion
by Charles Coppens, S.J. (1903)
- The Middle Ages
by Thomas J. Shahan (1904)
- Of God and His Creatures
The Summa Contra Gentiles of St. Thomas Aquinas translated by Joseph Rickaby, S.J. (1905)
- The Knowableness of God
by Matthew Schumacher, C.S.C. (1905)
- Westminster Lectures
edited by Francis Aveling (1905-1906)
- Catholic Encyclopedia Articles (1907-1912)
Thomism,
Neo-Scholasticism,
Saint Thomas Aquinas,
Albertus Magnus, and
related topics.
- Scholasticism
by Joseph Rickaby, S.J. (1908)
- Four-Square, or The Cardinal Virtues
by Joseph Rickaby, S.J. (1908)
- Modernism and Modern Thought
by Father Bampton, S.J.
- Old Truths, Not Modernist Errors
by Norbert Jones, C.R.L. (1908)
- History of Medieval Philosophy
by Maurice de Wulf (1909)
- A Short History of Moral Theology
by Thomas Slater, S.J. (1909)
- The Revival of Scholastic Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century
by Joseph Louis Perrier (1909)
- Modernism
by Cardinal Mercier (1910)
- Theories of Knowledge: Absolutism, Pragmatism, Realism
by Leslie J. Walker. S.J. (1910)
- Saint Thomas Aquinas of the Order of Preachers
by Placid Conway, O.P. (1911)
- Elements of Logic
by Cardinal Mercier (1912)
- Catholic Moral Teaching and its Antagonists
by Joseph Mausbach (1914)
- Psychology: Empirical and Rational
by Michael Maher, S.J. (1915)
- Classification of Desires in St. Thomas and in Modern Sociology
by Henry Ignatius Smith, O.P. (1915)
- Moral Philosophy
by Joseph Rickaby, S.J. (1918)
- St. Thomas Aquinas and Medieval Philosophy
by D.J. Kennedy, O.P. (1919)
- Catechism of the Summa Theologica
by R.P. Thomas Pègues, O.P. (1922)
- Principles of Natural Theology
by George Hayward Joyce, S.J. (1922)
- The State and the Church
by John A. Ryan and Moorhouse F. X. Millar, S.J. (1922)
- Studiorum Ducem
Encyclical of Pope Pius XI on St. Thomas Aquinas (1923)
Et Cetera
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- 1873: Homilies
by St. Thomas Aquinas
- 1874: Sin and its Consequences
by Henry Edward Manning
- 1889: Logic
by Richard F. Clarke, S.J.
- 1890: General Metaphysics
by John Rickaby
- 1892: Manual of Universal Church History
by Johannes Baptist Alzog, Francis Joseph Pabisch, Thomas Sebastian Byrne
- 1893: Elementary Course of Christian Philosophy
by Brother Louis of Poissy
- 1896: Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas
by St. Thomas Aquinas; translated by Joseph Rickaby
- 1901: A Course of Religious Instruction for Catholic Youth
by John Gerard
- 1903: Dissertations on Leading Philosophical Topics
by Alexander Bain
- 1903: History of Philosophy
by William Turner
- 1904: Apologia Pro Vita Sua: Being a History of His Religious Opinions
by John Henry Newman
- 1904: Latin Hymns
by William Augustus Merrill
- 1905: Outlines of the History of Greek Philosophy
by Eduard Zeller; translated by Sarah Frances Alleyne, Evelyn Abbott
- 1905: The Knowableness of God
by Matthew Schumacher
- 1906: Compendium of the Summa Theologica
by St. Thomas Aquinas
- 1906: Logic
by Richard Frederick Clarke
- 1907: Scholasticism Old and New: An Introduction to Scholastic Philosophy
by Maurice Wulf, Peter Coffey
- 1908: Compendium of the Summa Theologica of Saint Thomas
by Berardus Bonjoannes
- 1908: Scholasticism
by Joseph Rickaby
- 1909: Psychology: Empirical and Rational
by Michael Maher
- 1909: The Revival of Scholastic Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century
by Joseph Louis Perrier
- 1910: Theories of Knowledge: Absolutism, Pragmatism, Realism
by Leslie Joseph Walker
- 1914: Ontology: Or, The Theory of Being; an Introduction to General Metaphysics
by Peter Coffey
- 1915: Natural Theology
by Bernard Boedder
- 1916: Principles of Logic
by George Hayward Joyce
- 1917: Epistemology; Or, The Theory of Knowledge: An Introduction to General Metaphysics
by Peter Coffey
- 1918: A Manual of the History of Dogmas
by Bernard J. Otten, S.J.
- 1919: Moral Philosophy: Ethics Deontology and Natural Law
by Joseph Rickaby
- 1921: Saint Thomas' Political Doctrine and Democracy
by Edward Francis Murphy
- 1922: Mediaeval Philosophy Illustrated from the System of Thomas Aquinas
by Maurice de Wulf
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Mortimer J. Adler
Etienne Gilson
Jacques Maritain
Thomas Merton
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Project Gutenberg
- On Prayer and the Contemplative Life
by St. Thomas Aquinas
- Summa Theologica
by St. Thomas Aquinas
- Explanation of Catholic Morals
by John H. Stapleton
- History of the Catholic Church From the Renaissance to the French Revolution
by Rev. James MacCaffrey
- A Short History of Greek Philosophy
by John Marshal
- Apology,
Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates,
Charmides,
Cratylus,
Critias,
Crito,
Euthydemus,
Euthyphro,
Gorgias,
Ion,
Laches,
Laws,
Lysis,
Menexenus,
Meno,
Parmenides,
Phaedo,
Phaedrus,
Philebus,
Protagoras,
The Republic,
Sophist,
Statesman,
Symposium,
Theaetetus,
Timaeus
by Plato
- Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato
by Thomas Taylor
- Ethics,
Poetics,
Categories
by Aristotle
- The Consolation of Philosophy
by Boethius
- Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy
by Boethius
- An Introduction to Philosophy
by George Stuart Fullerton
- The Philosophy of Misery
by P.J. Proudhon
- Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
by Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Dreams
by Henri Bergson
- Laughter
by Henri Bergson
- The Meaning of the War
by Henri Bergson
- A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
by Edouard le Roy
- Bergson and His Philosophy
by J. Gunn
Librivox (free audio books)
Encyclopedia Britannica
Links
- The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has an article on
Jacques Maritain by William Sweet and one on
Saint Thomas Aquinas by Ralph McInerny and John O'Callaghan.
- G.K.
Chesterton's life of St. Thomas Aquinas is available from St. Wiki.
- For a site dedicated to the teaching of St Thomas Aquinas,
in particular, the commentaries by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., see
www.thesumma.info.
EWTN also offers the works of Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange:
Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought;
Christ the Savior;
Grace;
Providence; and
The Trinity and God the Creator.
Other Garrigou-Lagrange works show up on Christian Perfection
(The Three Ages of the Interior Life: Prelude of Eternal Life) and
Catholic Treasury
(Life Everlasting).
- The New Advent
Catholic Website has much to interest Catholics and
Philosophers, including the English Dominicans' translation of the Summa Theologiae of
St. Thomas Aquinas.
For help following up citations to the
Summa online, try
Summa Cite.
For a well-known twentieth-century reading of the
Summa, try A
Companion to the Summa by Walter Farrell, O.P.
- Hugh McDonald has an
Aquinas page;
he and Stephen
Loughlin have been working on a
translation
of St. Thomas's commentaries on the psalms.
The Thomas Instituut
te Utrecht has Tools for Thomists and links to Thomas Aquinas
sites around the world. See also:
St. Thomas
Aquinas Links; and the
Aquinas email
discussion list, "intended to support thoughtful, respectful
conversation about the works and ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas."
At Duquesne, Thérèse Bonin has assembled a bibliography,
Thomas
Aquinas in English. The Dominican website has a bibliography by Thomas O'Meara,
OP.
- Etudes
maritainiennes / Maritain Studies has a web page with information on
the journal and on the Canadian Jacques Maritain Association.
- Benedikt Ritzler has created a
German website devoted to Maritain.
- The International Catholic
University offers video courses for self-study and master's degree programs
in philosophy and theology.
Catholic Online offers an
environment for Catholics and
CatholiCity offers free Catholic
books and CDs.
The Catholic Information Center on the
Internet provides access to information on the teachings of the Catholic
Church and to related services and resources.
- The Catholic Canada Directory
has information on Catholic apologetics, consecrated life, documents,
media, music, organizations, places, prayer, resources, saints, schools,
and youth.
- The Eternal
Word Television Network (EWTN) provides
an excellent selection of Catholic writings, including Papal encyclicals,
documents of Vatican II, Patristic literature, and the Bible.
- St. Charles Borromeo Catholic
Church has provided an Internet version of the Catechism of the Catholic
Church.
- The
Assumptionists,
Benedictines,
Claretians,
Daughters of St. Paul,
Dominicans,
Franciscans,
Jesuits,
Marians of the Immaculate Conception,
Marianists,
Redemptorists,
Salvatorians,
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Trappists,
and other religious orders have web pages.
- The Christian Classics Ethereal Library
has many works that should interest Catholics. The
St. Pachomius Library, maintained by Orthodox Christians, offers works
of the Church Fathers and lives of early saints.
- The ARTFL
Project at the University of Chicago offers the
Bible
in French, German, English, and Latin. The
Bible Gateway has it in many
languages. See also:
Esperanto Bible;
Greek New Testament;
The Online Greek Bible; and
Septuagint Online.
- The Orestes Brownson Society
hopes to make Brownson's works available via the Internet.
- To search for books available on the Internet, including works of
philosophers, use
The On-Line Books
Page or The Great Books Page.
See also the Great Books and
Classics site.
- MIT maintains a hypertext archive of
English translations of classical texts, including the works
of Plato
and Aristotle.
See also the
Historians and Philosophers Index Page at scholiast.org.
- Georgetown University has a World Wide Web Page called
Labyrinth
dedicated to the Middle Ages.
- The American Philosophical
Association and the American
Catholic Philosophical Association also have Web Pages.
- For information on the American Maritain Association, go to
jacquesmaritain.org.
- See also our page of links to other Maritain
Websites
Jacques Maritain Center
Last modified: 10 December 2008