Guide to the Knowledge of God (Classic Reprint): A Study of the Chief Theodicies - Couverture souple

Gratry, A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330498720 ISBN 13 : 9781330498729

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How reason and faith meet to explore the knowledge of God A thoughtful study of the chief theodicies shows how philosophy and theology come together to explain divine reality. This edition presents Gratry’s survey of major thinkers and the method they use to approach God, from ancient to seventeenth‑century sources.

The book traces a lineage of ideas about proving God’s existence and understanding divine attributes. It examines how thinkers move from visible creation and inner experience to the concept of a supreme being, and it discusses the limits and possibilities of reason when faith enters the equation. Readers will see how different approaches—Platonic, Aristotelian, Augustine, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, and later philosophers—shape the ongoing conversation about God.

What you’ll experience

• Clear, historical overview of major theodicies and their arguments


• Explanation of how reason and faith complement each other in pursuing truth


• Discussion of the progression from the natural world to the idea of God


• Insight into how seventeenth‑century thinkers positioned philosophy and theology

Ideal for readers of philosophy, theology, and intellectual history who want a concise, thoughtful map of the quest to know God.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

KblTY INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSLATION. BY WILLIAM ROUNSEVILLE ALGER. TN its original language the work here translated has passed through many editions, and has attained the rank of an authoritative classic. It is characterized by such comprehensiveness of scope, such force and beauty of style, such amplitude of learning, such ripeness and precision of thought, such depth of experience, and such catholicity of spirit that no one can fitly read it without being instructed, stimulated, and edified. The author sweeps with the ease of a consummate mastery through the wisdom of twenty-five centuries, gathers up the chief treasures deposited there by the kings of insight, and presents them constructed into one harmonious whole. The question with which he grapples as strenuously as any one ever has done, is whether the human mind is able to attain to a real knowledge of God. To the examination of this sublime theme he brings both an intense earnestness and an unfailing sobriety; while adding to these high qualities all that historic erudition and training can yield from without, or personal acumen and consecration furnish from within. The result, as embodied in the present volume, is one with which, in point of attractiveness and solid value, no work on the same subject within the entire compass of English literature can for a moment stand a comparison.
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330498720
• ISBN 13: 9781330498729
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 483
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