Books published by Editiones Scholasticae

Provides a critical and historical account of Aristotelian essentialism and modal logic. Interpretations and claims of inconsistency in Aristotle's modal syllogistic are examined. Proofs for each of the mixed apodictic syllogisms are analysed. How Aristotle's modal metaphysics fits within the context of the Posterior Analytics is discussed.

All perfections of things pre-exist in the divine essence, yet it is entirely simple, without components. These seemingly opposed attributes of God are reconciled in Questions 3-6 of the First Part of the Summa theologiae, here newly translated and explained in line-by-line detail.

Presents a consideration of the differences between Aristotelian and symbolic logic (and the metaphysical assumptions they come packaged with) and the consequences these have for how we view the world.

Intended for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and teachers, this new translation and exposition of the first two Questions of the Summa Theologiae explains the text in unprecedented detail.

Bridges the gap within current philosophical scholarship by painstakingly examining the non-religious argument as found within the philosopher Thomas Aquinas. In the process the author advances a novel claim: the traditional account against homosexual activity also applies to untruthful assertive speech acts.

Offers a complete and systematic exposition of scholastic philosophy based upon the sound principles of Aristotle and St Thomas Aquinas, bringing it into contact with the facts of modern science. The book covers philosophy of nature, psychology, ontology and metaphysics, and natural theology.

Deals with the question of nothingness and metaphysical nihilism in analytic philosophy. After evaluating an account of nothingness based on the notion of an empty possible world, the book proposes two original arguments for metaphysical nihilism.

The choice of the basis of metaphysics is of capital importance. This basis ought to guarantee the very existence and validity of metaphysics, while at the same time giving this science its formal object and a solid foundation.

One of the objectives of this book is to make Thomistic metaphysics - an inquiry into the act of existing, the act of to be, exercised by all beings to some degree - more understandable. The problems of metaphysics and their solutions are presented in the simplest terms, with special emphasis on their significance for the contemporary mind.

It lies in the very nature of epistemology to question the capability of man's mind to contact reality and to know what things are in themselves, the validity of all knowledge, and consequently also of science, it at sake. The foundations of human knowledge are challenged, examined and frequently attacked.

The first extended attempt to explain Plato's ethics of natural law, to place it accurately in the history of moral theory, and to defend it against the objections that it is totalitarian. Wild provides a clarification of Plato's ethical doctrine and a defense of that doctrine. This is a reprint of the 1953 Chicago edition.

It is the author's belief that philosophers, if they aspire to critical thinking, have to start their investigation by embracing the concept of truth as an underlying characteristic of the human thought.

This collection of essays is the result of intersecting two areas of philosophical investigation which are often thought to be widely apart: analytic philosophy and the doctrine of St Thomas Aquinas. The authors breathe new life into old ideas by examining Thomistic theses and arguments by applying the techniques of analytic Philosophy.

The quest for unity and multiplicity is one of the most important concerns in the history of human thought and has been of unceasing interest since the birth of the history of philosophy to the present day. The same holds true of the writings of St Thomas Aquinas, and this work is devoted to his ideas.

The human intellect must begin with sensible things, and hence all principles must somehow be found in sense experience. The discovery of principles is an induction. But there is no danger of empiricism or sensism if we remember that Aristotle and Aquinas were ready to stake their whole philosophy on the idea that sensible things are intelligible.

Provides an introduction to the basic concepts and principles of classic, realistic philosophy. Without some grasp of its basic principles, it is impossible to understand either the history of modern philosophy or the present nature of western culture. The method followed is critical and systematic rather than ""historical"".

This work attempts to bring to light the doctrine on the fundamental categories as taught by Thomas Aquinas and other great masters of the golden era of Scholasticism. At the same time it reviews, historically and critically, its high philosophical excellence.

Comprises the two volumes that make up the introduction to Thomistic philosophy. This is a reprint of the 1962 New York edition.

Presents the traditional scholastic philosophy of man's nature in a fresh light, from a point of view that may make it more acceptable to the modern scientific mind. This should interest philosophers looking for a new presentation, as well as psychologists looking for philosophical orientation.

Neo-Aristotelians, Analytic Scholastics, and Analytical Thomists have made significant contributions to several fields within contemporary philosophy, including metaphysics, philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. This volume of new essays brings together some of the leading thinkers of this movement.

The point of view which was chosen for treatment in these lectures is that of the relational aspects in mediaeval philosophy. It is a study which relates the philosophy to the other factors in that civilization taken as an organic whole. This is a reprint of the 1953 Dover edition.

The pedagogical aim which we have before us in this book forces us to limit ourselves to the consideration of the great and central doctrines of Thomism, and to leave aside the innumerable applications of those doctrines which may be found scattered up and down the extensive works of Thomas Aquinas. This is a reprint of the 1959 Dover edition.