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Cal State Open Journals A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO JOSEF SEIFERT'S PHILOSOPHY

Dr. Seifert: At the age of fourteen, I read some dialogues of Plato and Kant´s Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics that can pretend to be a science (1783). Reading Kant, I thought: On the one hand, his distinction between analytic and synthetic a priori propositions is fantastic and very important. But, on the other hand, I found his position on the subjective origin of the synthetic a priori knowledge and his negation of the knowledge of things in themselves to be an attack on the very core of human knowledge, of Philosophy and of man himself. It seemed impossible to me to retain my philosophical and religious realist world view and to avoid the obvious earth-shaking consequences of Kant’s rejection of philosophical realism as mere dogmatism, without finding an answer to the tremendous challenge posed by the subjective Copernican turn advocated by him. Just at that time I had the good fortune of becoming acquainted with Hildebrand’s and Reinach’s stunning discovery and demonstration of an objective synthetic a priori rooted in the necessary essences of things themselves and in themselves, a necessity wholly different from the one with which Ka

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Frederick Copleston, in his A History of Philosophy, critiques [pre- Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau] Pascal's attacks on the Jesuits and casuistry: "He selects for mention and condemnation extreme cases of moral accommodation from certain authors, and he tends to confuse casuistry itself with the abuse of it. Furthermore, he tends to attribute to moral theologians unworthy motives which were certainly absent from their minds". He felt that the letters exhibited a "failure to distinguish between the fundamental and valid principles of moral theology and the abuse of casuistry". However he added that "for good measure he accused the Jesuits of hypocrisy. In one sense he got the better of the dispute. For he was a brilliant writer, whereas his opponents did not produce any answer which was capable of having an effect equal".[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettres_provinciales The reaction to the Lettres provinciales was substantial. Pascal's use of wit, humor, and mockery in attacking existing institutions made his work extremely popular. However, its publication was primarily via the underground press , and in 1660 Louis XIV banned the book and ordered it shredded and burned . [ citation needed ] The Church banned it by placing on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum . [ a ] Pascal himself had to enter clandestinity, living in cheap hostels. Nevertheless, the letters survived and influenced the prose of later French writers like Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau . The extract of the Seventh Letter concerning the "direction of intention" influenced Molière 's Tartuffe (Act IV, scene V, 1489–1493). According to his niece Marguerite Périer , Pascal later said that he did not regret publishing the letters, ...

History of Religious Life St. Alphonsus Ligouri and the Development of Popular Piety by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.

http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Religious_Life/Religious_Life_026.htm Father John A. Hardon, S.J. Archives Religious Life Return to: Home > Archives Index > Religious Life Index History of Religious Life St. Alphonsus Ligouri and the Development of Popular Piety by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. St. Alphonsus, first of all, is in the Catholic Church the patron both of confessors and of spiritual directors. He is the founder of a major religious community. He is in many ways as significant in moral theology as Thomas Aquinas is in dogmatic theology. And on a very personal level, after Ignatius, the man who most influenced my life was Ligouri. There was so much to him that I think deserves to be known. We might first look, even though I have it second on your chart, at his life and personality. You will notice that he lived a very long life; to be exact, ninety-one years. He began as a barrister that...

Most: Conscience

https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/conscience-12284 Conscience Author: Fr. William Most Share Fr. William Most Conscience Is conscience a small still voice, the voice of God? Not exactly. If it were the voice of God, there could never be an error - but errors are far from rare. Rather, conscience is a judgment of reason on the morality of acts to be done here and now, or acts done. God is involved in the sense spoken of in Jer 31:33: "I will write my law on their hearts". This is echoed in Romans 2:15, where St. Paul says of the gentiles who do not know revealed law: "They show the work of the law written on their hearts". Modern anthropology shows that primitive people have a remarkable knowledge of the basic things in the moral law. However, this can be blotted out by bad customs of the tribe, or by faulty instruction in schools, e. g, when the children are taught, "Values Clarification" which says that if something feels good, it is good, or by s...

The Father William Most Collection

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/most/browse.cfm The Father William Most Collection: Browse by Title The list below includes books, courses, articles and notes, both published and unpublished. Unless otherwise noted, all works are © Trinity Communications 2001. [ MOST Home ] [ Search ] Type Title of Work Abbreviations used by Fr. William G. Most Misc Abortion: Scripture; Ancient Jewish and Christian Writers Notes Absolute Pacifism? Notes Abstract of Leo XIII Satis cognitum Notes Abstract of Veritatis Splendor Notes Almah Notes Almsgiving and Superfluous Goods Notes Americans to Hell? Article Angels Article Apocrypha (NT) Article Aridity Article Asceticism: Scripture; Intertestamental and Rabbinic Writings Notes Attachment to Sin Notes Augusburg Confession Critique A Basic Catholic Catechism Catechism Basic Scripture Course Bible, III (Canon) Article A Biblical Theology of Redemption in a Covenant Framework Article Blessing in Abraham Notes Brothers...