Works by James V. Schall
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- Jacques Maritain: The Philosopher in Society.James V. Schall -1998 - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.In this book, distinguished theologian and political scientist James V. Schall explores Maritain's political philosophy, demonstrating that Maritain understood society, state, and government in the tradition of Aristotle and Aquinas, of natural law and human rights and duties. Schall pays particular attention to the ways in which evil appears in political forms, and how this evil can be dealt with morally.
- Friendship and Political Philosophy.James V. Schall -1996 -Review of Metaphysics 50 (1):121 - 141.Friendship is prominently mentioned, to be sure, in the great books, including very often the great books in political philosophy. In addition to Aristotle, whose treatise on friendship remains unsurpassed as a philosophic examination of this exalted topic, we recall Cicero's great essay De Amicitia, Plato's Phaedrus, plus numerous references in The Republic, The Laws, The Symposium, and many other central dialogues. The Gospel of John contains the great tractate on friendship at the Last Supper just before the Trial of (...) Christ, an intellectual association between politics and friendship that is itself cause of the deepest human reflection. The topic of friendship is most familiar to Augustine and Aquinas and later to Montaigne and Francis Bacon. In short, if we moderns and post-moderns might perhaps have difficulty in associating the notions of friendship and political philosophy, our intellectual tradition did not. (shrink)
- Docilitas: on teaching and being taught.James V. Schall -2016 - South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine's Press.The Latin word "Docilitas" in the title of this book means the willingness and capacity we have of being able to learn something we did not know. It has not the same connotation as "learning," which is what happens to us when we are taught something. Docility also means our recognition that we do not know many things, that we need the help of others, wiser than we are, to learn most of what we know, though we can discover a (...) few things by or own experience. This book contains some sixteen chapters, each of which was given to an audience in some college or university setting. They consider what it is to teach, what to read, reading places, libraries, and class rooms. They look upon the duties of a teacher or professor as mostly a delight, because the truth should delight us. In Another Sort of Learning, the subject of what a student "owes" his teacher came up. Here, we look at the other side of the question, what does a teacher or professor "do"? But a professor cannot teach unless there is someone willing to be taught, someone willing to recognize that he needs guidance and help. Yet, the end of teaching is not just the "transfer" of what is in the mind of the professor to the mind of the student. It is when both, student and teacher, behold, reflect on, and see the same truth of things that are. This common "seeing" is the read adventure in which student and teacher share something neither "owns." Knowledge and truth are free, but each requires our different insights and approaches so that we can finally realize what "teaching" and "being taught" mean to us. (shrink)
- Displacing Damnation: The Neglect of Hell in Political Theory.James V. Schall -1980 -The Thomist 44 (1):27.Export citation
Bookmark - The Idea of the American University.John Agresto,William B. Allen,Michael P. Foley,Gary D. Glenn,Susan E. Hanssen,Mark C. Henrie,Peter Augustine Lawler,William Mathie,James V. Schall,Bradley C. S. Watson &Peter Wood (eds.) -2010 - Lexington Books.As John Henry Newman reflected on 'The Idea of a University' more than a century and a half ago, Bradley C. S. Watson brings together some of the nation's most eminent thinkers on higher education to reflect on the nature and purposes of the American university today. Their mordant reflections paint a picture of the American university in crisis. This book is essential reading for thoughtful citizens, scholars, and educational policymakers.
- (1 other version)A Catholic Reading of the Gorgias of Plato.James V. Schall -2011 -Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 2011 (157):6-19.ExcerptSOCRATES: But if I come to my end because of a deficiency in flattering oratory, I know that you'd see me bear my death with ease. For no one who isn't totally bereft of reason and courage is afraid to die; doing what's unjust is what he's afraid of. For of all evils, the ultimate is that of arriving in Hades with one's soul stuffed full of unjust actions. Plato, Gorgias, 523d–e1 SOCRATES: Maybe you [Callicles] think this account [eschatological myth] (...) is told as an old wives' tale, and you feel contempt for it. And it…. (shrink)
- (1 other version)A Journal Views Itself.James V. Schall -2013 -Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 2013 (162):187-191.ExcerptThe twelve contributors to this collection of essays are all themselves members of what might be called the “Telos Family.” Each writer gives us some account of his or her relation to the journal, its origins, its direction, and its future. Many have also known Paul Piccone, Telos's dynamic founder. Piccone's death in 2004, as well as the subsequent direction of the journal, is noted by most of the volume's contributors. Every writer indicates a fondness for the journal, its flair, (...) its scope, and its willingness to discuss things that are too often bypassed or rejected in the professional academic…. (shrink)
- A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning.James V. Schall -2014 - Open Road Media.A Georgetown professor’s look at the subjects one needs to study for a truly well-rounded education. A Student’s Guide to Liberal Learning is an inviting conversation with a learned scholar about the content of an authentic liberal arts education. It surveys ideas and books central to the tradition of humanistic education that has fundamentally shaped our country and our civilization. This accessible volume argues for an order and integration of knowledge so that meaning might be restored to the haphazard approach (...) to study currently dominating higher education. Freshly conveying the excitement of learning from the acknowledged masters of intellectual life, this guide is also an excellent blueprint for building one’s own library of books that matter. (shrink)
- Another Sort of Learning.James V. Schall -1988 - Ignatius Press.Noting the widespread concern about the quality of education in our schools, Schall examines what is taught and read (and not read) in these schools. He questions the fundamental premises in our culture which do not allow truth to be considered. Schall lists various important books to read, and why.No categories
- At the Limits of Political Philosophy: From "Brilliant Errors" to Things of Uncommon Importance.James V. Schall -1996 - Catholic University of America Press.James V. Schall presents, in a convincing and articulate manner, the revelational contribution to political philosophy, particularly that which comes out of the Roman Catholic tradition.
- Believing Atheists.James V. Schall -2010 -The Incarnate Word 3 (1):3-16.No categories
- Believing Atheists.James V. Schall -2010 -The Incarnate Word 3 (9):3-16.No categories
- Chesterton, a Critic of Pacificism.James V. Schall -1992 -The Chesterton Review 18 (1):148-149.
- Chesterton: The Real "Heretic".James V. Schall -2006 -Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 9 (3):72-86.No categories
- Dwellers in an Unfortified City. Death and Political Philosophy.James V. Schall -1989 -Filosofia Oggi 12 (3-4):115-139.Export citation Bookmark
- Freedom, Property, and The Servile State.James V. Schall -1986 -The Chesterton Review 12 (2):185-194.
- G. K. Chesterton.James V. Schall -1994 -The Chesterton Review 20 (1):55-63.
- Government without Bother.James V. Schall -1961 -Thought: Fordham University Quarterly 36 (2):277-288.
- Human Destiny and World Population: The Individual as Horizon and Frontier.James V. Schall -1977 -The Thomist 41 (1):92.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Immortality and the Political Life of Man in Albertus Magnus.James V. Schall -1984 -The Thomist 48 (4):535.
- Introduction: Immanent in the Souls of Men.James V. Schall -1998 - In Anthony O. Simon,Acquaintance with the Absolute: The Philosophical Achievement of Yves R. Simon. New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 1-16.No categories
- Nature and Finality in Aristotle.James V. Schall -1989 -Laval Théologique et Philosophique 45 (1):73-85.
- On Choosing Not to See.James V. Schall -2006 -Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 2006 (136):167-172.I.One of the most instructive passages I have ever read is found in C. S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man, about the textbook writers and the waterfalls. The story goes that the English poet Coleridge records the reaction of two ordinary tourists on first seeing a particularly lovely waterfall. One of these tourists called it “pretty,” while the other called it “sublime.” Coleridge, of course, thought the tourist calling it “sublime” was correct, while the one calling it merely “pretty” was (...) lacking in some perception or appreciation of the reality before him. There was a note of “culpability” in…. (shrink)
- On Education and Salvation.James V. Schall -1999 -Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 2 (2):50-63.No categories
- One Hundred Years of Orthodoxy.James V. Schall -2008 -Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 2008 (143):89-112.Initially, let me say that no man can write anything about Chesterton's Orthodoxy that will be better than reading or re-reading Orthodoxy itself. But the glory of the sun ought not to prevent us from seeing what is in its light. Indeed, if we see only the sun, we will see nothing else, which not seeing is neither the point of the sun nor of Chesterton. The temptation to “explain” Chesterton better than Chesterton explained himself is the hazard that comes (...) with loving Chesterton. Though under no illusions, I freely confess to having succumbed to this insidious enticement frequently as…. (shrink)
- On Philosophy and Enchantment.James V. Schall -2017 -Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 29 (1-2):115-124.Philosophy is the work of reason as it seeks to know the truth of what is. Philosophy begins in intuition and ends in argued conclusions. But we can know reality only after its own manner. The inner lives of human beings can only be known by their being told to us, revealed to us. All of reality bears its own fascination if we know how to see it. What life is about is seeing it, then on seeing it, living with (...) it, or perhaps not seeing, to live without what we should have seen. Only individuals who think and who can see relationships between things can be charmed by them. They alone can see in real things intimations of more than they can grasp by themselves. The “enchanted” world was a world in which, everywhere we looked, we found traces, footprints of the divine or at least of story, intelligence, and order. Enchantment and intelligence support each other, both are needed for a knowledge of the whole. (shrink)No categories
- On Roman Catholic Political Philosophy.James V. Schall -2015 -Catholic Social Science Review 20:173-181.Adding the phrase “Roman Catholic” to “political philosophy” implies that political philosophy is a work of reason that, in its own order, reaches legitimate issues and problems that it cannot itself resolve. This phrase suggests that, contained within revelation, are responses to the unanswered issues as posed in political philosophy. These responses suggest that there is a coherent relation between reason and revelation that arises directly out of political philosophy as such.
- On The Conquest of Human Nature: Ancients, Moderns—Medievals, Futures.James V. Schall -2009 -Catholic Social Science Review 14:25-33.No categories
- On the most mysterious of the virtues: The political and philosophical meaning of obedience in St. Thomas, Rousseau, and Yves Simon.James V. Schall -1998 -Gregorianum 79 (4):743-758.Contre Rousseau, Yves Simon a exposé les raisons essentielles pour l'autorité. L'obéissance, à la loi que l'autorité définit ne consiste pas simplement à s'obéir à soi. Ce n'est pas non plus un acte irrationnel. St. Thomas a montré qu'en plus de la loi éternelle et naturelle, nous avons besoin de loi humaine positive. La loi humaine est elle-même oeuvre de prudence et de commandement. Dans la tradition chrétienne, l'obéissance est une vertu. Elle est mystérieuse en ce qu'elle indique une forme (...) plus haute de rationalité et de sagesse. Celui qui obéit la loi peut comprendre à la fois sa nécessité et le fait qu'elle présente au moins une alternative valable en vue du bien commun. (shrink)Export citation Bookmark
- On the Problem of Philosophic Learning.James V. Schall -2002 -Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 5 (1):103-119.No categories
- On the Philosophic Connection between 'Rights' and 'Oppression'.James V. Schall -2014 -Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions 10:11-17.No categories
- On the principles of taxing beer: and other brief philosophical essays.James V. Schall -2015 - South Bend, Indiana: St. Augustine's Press.What is real and what is noble, as well as what is deranged and wrong, can often be stated briefly. Nietzsche was famous for his succinct aphorisms and epigrams. Aquinas in one of his responses could manage to state clearly what he held to be true. Ultimately, all of our thought needs to be so refined and concentrated that we can see the point. So these are "brief" essays and they are largely of a philosophical "hue." They touch on things (...) worth thinking about. Indeed, often they consider things we really need to think about if our lives are to make sense. The advantage of a collection of essays is that it is free to talk about many things. It can speak of them in a learned way or in an amused and humorous way. As Chesterton said, there is no necessary conflict between what is true and what is funny. Oftentimes, the greatest things we learn are through laughter, even laughter at ourselves and our own foibles and faults. So these essays are "brief." And they are largely of philosophical import. At first sight, taxing beer may seem to have no serious principle, except perhaps for the brewer and the consumer. But wherever there is reality, we can find something to learn. Each of these essays begins with the proposition "on"--this is a classical form of essay in the English language. Belloc, one the essay's greatest masters, wrote a book simply entitled "ON"--and several other books with that introductory "ON" to begin it. The word has the advantage of focusing our attention on some idea, place, book, person, or reality that we happen to come across and notice, then notice again, then wonder about. (shrink)No categories
- On the Relation between Political Philosophy and Science.James V. Schall -1988 -Gregorianum 69 (2):205-223.Export citation Bookmark
- Protestantism and Atheism.James V. Schall -1964 -Thought: Fordham University Quarterly 39 (4):531-558.
- Politics and Eros: Beyond Justice “A Raft on the Seas of Life”.James V. Schall -2007 -Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 2007 (138):8-42.Justice is a noble virtue, yet it seems everywhere incomplete, even when it seems complete. In Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1864), for instance, we read: As was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said “the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether” (Psalm 19:9). With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work (...) we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle…. (shrink)
- Political Philosophy and Catholicism.James V. Schall -2017 -Catholic Social Science Review 22:147-156.Political philosophy and revelation are often considered antagonistic to each other. They are distinct in their approach to their subject matter. However, they are not unrelated within their own scope. What is treated here is how this non-contradictory relation can be stated and maintained.No categories
- Political philosophy and revelation: a Catholic reading.James V. Schall -2013 - Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press.A collection of Fr. James Schall's recent essays, Political Philosophy and Revelation offers a learned, erudite, and coherent statement on the relationship between reason and revelation in the modern world. It addresses political philosophy in the context of an awareness of other humane and practical sciences, including history, literature, economics, theology, ethics and metaphysics.
- Post-Aristotelian Political Philosophy and Modernity.James V. Schall -1987 - In Wolfgang Haase,Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. Philosophie. De Gruyter. pp. 4902-4936.No categories
- Political Theory and political Theology.James V. Schall -1975 -Laval Théologique et Philosophique 31 (1):25.
- Roman Catholic Political Philosophy.James V. Schall -2004 - Lexington Books.In Roman Catholic Political Philosophy author James V. Schall tries to demonstrate that Roman Catholicism and political philosophy—-revelation and reason—are not contradictory. It is his contention that political philosophy, the primary focus of the book, asks certain questions about human purpose and destiny that it cannot, by itself, answer. Revelation is the natural complement to these important questions about God, human being, and the world. Schall manages to avoid polemicism or triumphalism as he shows that revelation and political thought contribute (...) to a fuller understanding of each other. (shrink)
- Remarks on Listening To and Reading the Three Short Papers of Peter Augustine Lawler, Marc Guerra, and Hadley Arkes.James V. Schall -2016 -Catholic Social Science Review 21:23-28.What has concerned me most is the coherence of political philosophy in the light of what is not political philosophy. Reality, what is, is always richer than our knowledge of it. If we are to understand political things, we have to understand more than political things—things like history, science, literature, practical living, common sense, philosophy itself, and yes, the terms and content of revelation.No categories
- Reason, Revelation, and the Foundations of Political Philosophy.James V. Schall -1987
- Regarding the Inattentiveness to Hell in Political Philosophy.James V. Schall -1989 -Divus Thomas 92 (3-4):273-279.Export citation Bookmark
- Some Philosophical Aspects of Culture and Religion.James V. Schall -1957 -New Scholasticism 31 (2):209-236.No categories
- The Classical Moment: Selected Essays on Knowledge and its Pleasures.James V. Schall -2014 - St. Augustine's Press.The essays in this book all touch on knowledge and its pleasures. Schall does not tarry on the effort and determination it often takes to say just what we want to say, then say it and know that we have said it. Our writing is our thinking, our thinking-through, our being pleased to know this is it... this is the point Schall, one of America's greatest essayists, makes here.No categories
- The Contingency Of Our Own Beatitude. Some Reflections On Gilson’s The Future Of Augustinian Metaphysics.James V. Schall -2015 -Studia Gilsoniana 4 (1):7–16.Inspired by selected passages from Wendell Berry’s story “A Place in Time,” the article discusses Étienne Gilson’s essay “The Future of Augustinian Metaphysics” with a special regard to the relation of habits to metaphysics. The basis of this relation is human being whose life, from the perspective of Augustinian metaphysics, is permanently unsettled. Man is the one mortal being whose perfection does not come with his being, but only with his own input into what it already is. Habits, then, prefect (...) an already constituted human being in what he or she is. Man is not born, however, with habits, but acquires them through acts of the virtues or vices. The article develops the Augustinian idea according to which the moral effort of man to pursue virtues and escape vices results not so much from his natural desire of ‘beatitude’, but rather from the fact of being led to God by God. (shrink)No categories
- The Holy Grail: At the Liturgical Center of the Universe.James V. Schall -2007 -Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 2007 (140):177-186.Export citation Bookmark
- The Life of the Mind: On the Joys and Travails of Thinking.James V. Schall -2006 - Intercollegiate Studies Institute.In _The Life of the Mind,_ Georgetown University’s James V. Schall takes up the task of reminding us that, as human beings, we naturally take a special delight and pleasure in simply knowing. Because we have not only bodies but also minds, we are built to know what is. In this volume, Schall, author of _On the Unseriousness of Human Affairs __,_ among many other volumes of philosophical and political reflection, discusses the various ways of approaching the delight of thinking (...) and the way that this delight begins in seeing and hearing and even in making and walking. We must be attentive to and cultivate the needs of the mind, argues Schall, for it is through our intellect that all that is not ourselves is finally returned to us, allowing us to live in the light of truth. (shrink)
- The Modern Age.James V. Schall -2011 - St. Augustine's Press.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 he up-to-date is to be out-of-date. If we Find what is really true in any age, it will he true in all ages. This proposition is central to this hook. 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 back-grounds, 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 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. (shrink)
- The Moral Dimensions of Politics.James V. Schall -1987 -International Philosophical Quarterly 27 (1):114-115.
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