Thomistic Common Sense: The Philosophy of Being and the Development of Doctrine
(By Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange)
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This first-time English translation of Fr. Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange's Le sens commun: La philosophie de l' être et les formules dogmatiques by the acclaimed translator Matthew Minerd couldn't come at a better time. This book sees the great Dominican master address a variety of fundamental topics that we need to return to and relearn in our day: the relationship between common sense and both philosophy and faith; the proper defense for philosophical realism; the subordination and coordination of philosophical first principles; our natural capacity for knowing God's existence; and, at length, the problem of dogmatic development.
Although originally written during the Catholic Modernist crisis at the turn of the twentieth century, Thomistic Common Sense is no mere relic of past controversies. Jacques Maritain, for example, while reflecting on his formation as a Thomist, cited it as particularly influential. In our own time, this book serves as a foundational textbook of Thomistic philosophy, communicating its wisdom with clarity, power, and perennial resonance.”
