|
|
Article: Reconsidering Scholasticism.
- Article from:
- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- September 24, 1999
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1999 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Though rigid, Catholic philosophy before the council wasn't all bad
A Philosophy major in a Catholic college during the '50s would very likely be able to identify with my experiences. My 36 hours of the courses required for the major consisted largely of the various branches of Scholastic philosophy -- formal and material logic, epistemology, cosmology, ontology, rational psychology, general and special ethics and a special course entitled "Thomistic synthesis."
These courses were highly systematic and basically concerned with presenting -- for want of a better name -- "the truth." Every once in a while, the teacher would stop to engage in in-house ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|