Collected Studies on Francisco Suarez SJ (1548-1617)

Although the Jesuit Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) is one of the most important figures of late scholasticism, his work has not received the attention it deserves in English-speaking scholarly literature. One exception to this generalization is found in the work of the American scholar John P. Doyle, whose ground-breaking studies of several important areas of Suarez's complex but highly original system of thought have helped to make the Jesuit's ideas accessible to several generations of historians of philosophy. This volume gathers together Doyle's most important articles on the philosophical theology, metaphysics, ethics, and legal philosophy of Suarez, and is prefaced by an introductory chapter that places the Jesuit's life and thought in context. The fruit of over forty years of labor, the volume is a fitting tribute to a scholar whose work serves as a point of entry into the philosophy and theology of Francisco Suarez.

CHAPTER 1
Francisco Suárez, His Life, His Works, His Doctrine, and Some of His Influence

CHAPTER 2
Suarez on the Reality of the Possibles

CHAPTER 3
Suarez on the Analogy of Being

CHAPTER 4
Suarezian and Thomistic Metaphysics before the Judgment of Heidegger

CHAPTER 5
The Suarezian Proof for God's Existence

CHAPTER 6
Prolegomena to a Study of Extrinsic Denomination in the Work of Francis Suarez, S.J.

CHAPTER 7
Suárez on Beings of Reason and Truth

CHAPTER 8
Suárez on the Unity of a Scientific Habit

CHAPTER 9
Suárez on the Truth of the Proposition, "This is My Body"

CHAPTER 10
Suárez on Preaching the Gospel to People like the American Indians

CHAPTER 11
Francisco Suárez on the Law of Nations

CHAPTER 12
Suárez on Human Rights

CHAPTER 13
Francisco Suárez on the Interpretation of Laws

CHAPTER 14
Postscript and Prospectus

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Terms

Format: Monograph - hardback

Size: 240 × 160 × 30 mm

416 pages

ISBN: 9789058677372

Publication: January 25, 2011

Series: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy - Series 1 37

Languages: English

Stock item number: 83232

John P. Doyle is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Saint Louis University and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in Shrewsbury, Missouri.

Victor M. Salas is an associate professor of Philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary.