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001 2009025152
003 DLC
005 20100306091333.0
008 090619s2009 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009025152
020 $a9780739140062 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780739140086 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aB485$b.D68 2009
082 00 $a909/.09821$222
100 1 $aDougherty, Jude P.,$d1930-
245 10 $aWretched Aristotle :$busing the past to rescue the future /$cJude P. Dougherty.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bLexington Books,$cc2009.
300 $aix, 236 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index.
505 0 $aThe relevance of antiquity -- Wretched Aristotle -- Tom Wolfe's Epictetus -- Aristotle in North America -- Ora et labora: Benedict 's legacy -- Ancients and moderns on the subject of property -- The ontology of the artifact -- The role of religion in society -- The failure of positivism and the enduring legacy of Comte -- Judicial decision within the rule of law -- Modern interpretations of religion: the legacy of Hume and Kant -- Santayana on the role of religion in society -- Indestructible Islam -- Science and the shaping of modernity: the reciprocal influence of science and culture -- The use and abuse of analogy and metaphor in scientific -- Contemporary moral issues -- Morality with and without God -- Responsibility: recognition and limits -- National identity -- The fragility of democracy -- The socialist mind -- The natural basis of the theological virtue of hope.
600 00 $aAristotle$xInfluence.
650 0 $aCivilization$xHistory.
650 0 $aCivilization, Western$y21st century.