Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... APPENDIX. PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENCES AT LOUVAIN.1 The rise and progress of the new Scholastic Philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain, in Belgium, during the past twenty years, has attracted the attention of philosophers of every school and every shade of opinion.2 It marks an epoch in the history of Modern Philosophy, and it contains many important lessons for all who take an interest in the progress of thought, especially among Catholics. In the following pages we shall aim at giving a very brief sketch of the spirit that animates the work that is being done at Louvain in the department of Philosophy, and at conveying some idea of the significance and influence of the new movement. We have been already endeavouring to show how Scholastic Philosophy, subsequent to the rise of Cartesianism, became divorced from the Natural Sciences, to the great detriment of both, and of the Catholic religion as well,3 and how Leo XIII sought, with all the power of a great mind, to repair the damage done, or at least 1 Reprinted, with some minor alterations and omissions, from the Irish Ecclesiastical Record, May and June, 1905. 2 Cf. L'Institut Superieur de Philosophie d L' Universiti Catholique de Louvain (1890-1904), by Rev. A. Pelzer, D.Ph. (30 pp.; Imprimerie Folleunis et Ceuterick, 32, rue des Orphelins). Le Mouvement N60Thomiste (16 pp.), extrait de la Revue N io-Scolastique, publiee par la Societe Philosophique de Louvain. Directeur: D. Mercier. Secretaire de Redaction: M. De Wulf. (Institut Superieur de Philosophie, i, rue des Flamands, 1901). Deux Centres du Mouvement Thomiste: Rome et Louvain, par C. Besse. (63 pp.;, Paris, Letouzey et Ane, 17, ruedu Vieux-Colombier, 1902). Rapport sur les Etudes Superieures de Philosophie, present6...
