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Hardback. Condition: Good. At its beginning, every age has been ?modern.? We speak of ?pre-? and ?post-? modern ages. We are likewise tempted to identify what is most up-to-date with what is true. But to be up-to-date is to be out-of-date. If we find what is really true in any age, it will be true in all ages. This proposition is central to this book. Moreover, what is true will appear in different guises, as will what is false. The ?modern age? had often considered itself relativist, or secular, or skeptical. It strove to divest itself of its theological and metaphysical backgrounds, only to find that the central themes from this tradition recur again and again, most often under political or even scientific forms.      This book proposes to ?see? these classical and revelational roots within their modern forms. But we also find the proposition that what exists is only what we make. We find no ?truth? but that of our own confection. When we find only our own ?truth,? however, we do not really find or know ourselves. We do not cause what it is to be ourselves in the first place. The central truth that the ?modern age? does not acknowledge is that its own existence along with that of the world itself is first a gift. When we see the ?modern age? in this light we can again rediscover what we really are. Hopefully, we can choose and rejoice in what we are intended to be in any age as the gift of being is something that transcends all ages even while dwelling within them.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. The ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines are reader-friendly introductions to the most important fields of knowledge in the liberal arts. Written by leading scholars for both students and the general public, they will be appreciated by anyone desiring a reliable and informative tour of important subject matter. Each title offers an historical overview of a particular discipline, explains the central ideas of each subject, and evaluates the works of thinkers whose ideas have shaped our world. They will aid students seeking to make better decisions about their course of study as well as general readers who wish to supplement their education. All who treasure the world of ideas and liberal learning will be motivated by these original and stimulating presentations.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines are reader-friendly introductions to the most important fields of knowledge in the liberal arts. Written by leading scholars for both students and the general public, they will be appreciated by anyone desiring a reliable and informative tour of important subject matter. Each title offers an historical overview of a particular discipline, explains the central ideas of each subject, and evaluates the works of thinkers whose ideas have shaped our world. They will aid students seeking to make better decisions about their course of study as well as general readers who wish to supplement their education. All who treasure the world of ideas and liberal learning will be motivated by these original and stimulating presentations.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines are reader-friendly introductions to the most important fields of knowledge in the liberal arts. Written by leading scholars for both students and the general public, they will be appreciated by anyone desiring a reliable and informative tour of important subject matter. Each title offers an historical overview of a particular discipline, explains the central ideas of each subject, and evaluates the works of thinkers whose ideas have shaped our world. They will aid students seeking to make better decisions about their course of study as well as general readers who wish to supplement their education. All who treasure the world of ideas and liberal learning will be motivated by these original and stimulating presentations.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Good. A collection of essays that exemplifies the Catholic mind. It respects what can be known by faith alone. It also considers what is known by faith to be itself intelligible to a mind actively thinking on political and philosophical things.

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Hardback. Condition: Good. At its beginning, every age has been ?modern.? We speak of ?pre-? and ?post-? modern ages. We are likewise tempted to identify what is most up-to-date with what is true. But to be up-to-date is to be out-of-date. If we find what is really true in any age, it will be true in all ages. This proposition is central to this book. Moreover, what is true will appear in different guises, as will what is false. The ?modern age? had often considered itself relativist, or secular, or skeptical. It strove to divest itself of its theological and metaphysical backgrounds, only to find that the central themes from this tradition recur again and again, most often under political or even scientific forms.      This book proposes to ?see? these classical and revelational roots within their modern forms. But we also find the proposition that what exists is only what we make. We find no ?truth? but that of our own confection. When we find only our own ?truth,? however, we do not really find or know ourselves. We do not cause what it is to be ourselves in the first place. The central truth that the ?modern age? does not acknowledge is that its own existence along with that of the world itself is first a gift. When we see the ?modern age? in this light we can again rediscover what we really are. Hopefully, we can choose and rejoice in what we are intended to be in any age as the gift of being is something that transcends all ages even while dwelling within them.…

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Over a span of six decades, Fr. James Schall has been one of our foremost thinkers and cultural commenters. A distinguished professor, the author of more than thirty books, and writer of countless essays - his favorite literary form - Fr. Schall has made a life of pondering the most important questions of this world and beyond. Now, in Run That By be Again, Fr. Schall himself has selected more than fifty of his essays on the most intriguing, urgent, and sometimes difficult topics. These are things we want to - need to- think about again and again, and Schall, with his concise, readable style and teacher's heart, has a knack for explaining lofty ideas to all. Here, Schall ruminates on: Language, Wodehouse, cooking, music, and putting Jesuit donkeys out to pasture (you'll just have to read it);Abortion, marriage, Christian persecution, and other issues that continue to gnaw away at our Christian culture;Christ and his nature, what it means to be human, sin and its origins and consequences;And the Cosmos, the South, English departments, and other mysterious places.The Common threads are a love of God, a thirst for wisdom, and a desire for a life well-lived. Whether this is your first time considering the questions posed and answered in these pages or if you are revisiting them with fresh eyes and a renewed spirit, it is well worth the time to sit with Fr. Schall - one of the greatest thinkers and teachers of the past century - and ponder the great mysteries and truths of life.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Over a span of six decades, Fr. James Schall has been one of our foremost thinkers and cultural commenters. A distinguished professor, the author of more than thirty books, and writer of countless essays - his favorite literary form - Fr. Schall has made a life of pondering the most important questions of this world and beyond. Now, in Run That By be Again, Fr. Schall himself has selected more than fifty of his essays on the most intriguing, urgent, and sometimes difficult topics. These are things we want to - need to- think about again and again, and Schall, with his concise, readable style and teacher's heart, has a knack for explaining lofty ideas to all. Here, Schall ruminates on: Language, Wodehouse, cooking, music, and putting Jesuit donkeys out to pasture (you'll just have to read it);Abortion, marriage, Christian persecution, and other issues that continue to gnaw away at our Christian culture;Christ and his nature, what it means to be human, sin and its origins and consequences;And the Cosmos, the South, English departments, and other mysterious places.The Common threads are a love of God, a thirst for wisdom, and a desire for a life well-lived. Whether this is your first time considering the questions posed and answered in these pages or if you are revisiting them with fresh eyes and a renewed spirit, it is well worth the time to sit with Fr. Schall - one of the greatest thinkers and teachers of the past century - and ponder the great mysteries and truths of life.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. From Paris to San Bernardino, from Orlando to Manchester the Western world has been rocked by shocking mass murders done in the name of Islam since the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001. This chronology of these and other key events, from 2002 to 2018, offers an opportunity to analyze the ongoing conflict between Islamism and the West.Author Fr. James V. Schall, S.J., a renowned political philosopher, discusses the difficulty that Europeans and Americans have in recognizing that resurgent Islamic militancy is not just caused by terrorists, as if terrorism were some kind of independent movement or mind-set. Violence has a source. No one undertakes it without a cause that is worth, in his mind, the risk of death.Islam is unique in its description of the world within itself, which is to live peacefully by the law of Allah, and the world outside this sphere, which is at war with Islam. The main concern of the author is the abiding existence of Islam over time and its constancy in attempting to achieve the goal of worldwide submission to Allah as a political and cultural fact.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines are reader-friendly introductions to the most important fields of knowledge in the liberal arts. Written by leading scholars for both students and the general public, they will be appreciated by anyone desiring a reliable and informative tour of important subject matter. Each title offers an historical overview of a particular discipline, explains the central ideas of each subject, and evaluates the works of thinkers whose ideas have shaped our world. They will aid students seeking to make better decisions about their course of study as well as general readers who wish to supplement their education. All who treasure the world of ideas and liberal learning will be motivated by these original and stimulating presentations.…