Cardinal Mercier's Philosophical Essays: A Study in Neo-Thomism - Softcover

Boileau, David A.

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ISBN 10: 9042911042 ISBN 13: 9789042911048

Verlag: Peeters uitgeverij, 2002

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Desire Joseph Mercier (1851-1926) was founder and first president of the Institute of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Leuven. After his studies in the classics, philosophy, and theology at the seminary of Mechelen, Mercier was ordained (1874), obtained a licentiate in theology at Leuven (1877), and became professor of philosophy at Mechelen the same year. In 1922 he was commissioned to inaugurate the chair of Thomistic philosophy created at the University of Leuven at the request of Pope Leo XIII. Mercier endeavored to realize the program formulated in the encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879): to restore the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, harmonize it with the progress of modern science and thought, and extend its influence to the scientific and social disciplines. On the basis of his initial success, he asked for, and received, the support of the Pope for the creation of an Institute of Philosophy that would provide a complete education in the various philosophical areas. When named president of this institute (1899), Mercier gathered collaborators from among his first students and with their assistance formed an international group of enthusiastic and devoted disciples.

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David A. Boileau teaches ethics and is chairman of the philosophy department at Loyola University and at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans.

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• Verlag: Peeters uitgeverij
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 9042911042
• ISBN 13: 9789042911048
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 779