James V Schall

In this wide-ranging collection of philosophical essays, the acclaimed Catholic intellectual presents his vision of Catholic thought applied in the world. In The Mind That Is Catholic, political philosopher and Catholic intellectual James V. Schall presents a retrospective collection of his academic and literary essays written in the past fifty years. In these essays, exploring topics from war to friendship, philosophy, politics, and everyday living,...

A Vida da Mente, mais que um livro de introdução à erudição e à vida de estudos, é um convite eloquente a uma visão de mundo ordenado, maduro e valoroso do espírito construtor da nossa civilização. Padre James V. Schall (1928-2019), um jesuíta da velha estirpe da sua ordem, foi um ferrenho defensor dos valores perenes da Humanidade, além de um histórico componente dos grupos liberais americanos, professor dos professores. Nesta obra...

"The Politics of Heaven and Hell makes an invaluable contribution to the understanding of classical, medieval, and modern political philosophy, while explaining the profound problem with modernity. Christianity 'freed men from the overwhelming burden of ever thinking that their salvation will ultimately come from the political order', writes Fr. James Schall, S.J. Modernity, on the other hand, is a perversion of Christianity, which tries to achieve...