Pendant un demi siècle, le travail d’Ernest Fortin a charmé et formé des théologiens et des philosophes par sa recherche de la meilleure manière de vivre. Écrit par ses amis, ses collègues et des étudiants de Fortin, ce livre paie un tribut à un remarquable penseur, dans une série d’essais qui montrent par leur éloquent témoignage, son influence et son héritage.
Commentateur formidable de la pensée politique et philosophique catholique, Ernest Fortin a inspiré les autres par ses infatigables enquêtes au-delà des frontières ordinaires de la recherche conventionnelle. Avec ces essais balayant le prisme de la philosophie, de la science, de la littérature et de la théologie, Gladly to Learn and Gladly to Teach reflète l’étonnante profondeur et l’amplitude de la contribution de Fortin à la pensée contemporaine.
For half a century, Ernest Fortin’s scholarship has charmed and educated theologians and philosophers with its intellectual search for the best way to live. Written by friends, colleagues, and students of Fortin, this book pays tribute to a remarkable thinker in a series of essays that bear eloquent testimony to Fortin’s influence and his legacy.
A formidable commentator on Catholic philosophical and political thought, Ernest Fortin inspired others with his restless inquiries beyond the boundaries of conventional scholarship. With essays on subjects ranging across philosophy, political science, literature, and theology "Gladly to Learn and Gladly to Teach" reflects the astonishing depth and breadth of Fortin’s contribution to contemporary thought.
Table des matières/Contents
Introduction by Michael P. Foley and Douglas Kries
• Athens and Jerusalem
Michael P. Foley : The Paradox of Christian Tradition
Frederick J. Crosson : Philosophy and Belief
Alfred L. Ivry : The Jerusalem of Medieval Jewish Philosophy
J. Brian Benestad : Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and Historicism in Pope John Paul II’s ’Fides et Ratio’
• Christianity and Politics
Marc A. LePain : Tra feltro e feltro : Whence Dante’s Greyhound ?
David Lowenthal : On Christianity and Political Life : Shakespeare’s Henry V
Thomas S. Hibbs : In the Wake of Enlightenment : The Catholic Church and Thomas Hobbes
• Ancients and Moderns
Douglas Kries : Moderation and the Common Good in Ancient and Modern Thought
Paul W. McNellis, S.J. : Rights, Duties, and the Problem of Humility
Timothy Burns : Ancient and Modern Political Rationalism in the Thought of Leo Strauss
Marc D. Guerra : Prudence and the Legislative Art in Book II of Aristotle’s Politics
Paul J. Archambault : Augustine’s Confessions as Autobiography : Pre-Modern or Modern ?
Fr. Mathew L. Lamb : Eternity and Time
• The Challenges of Modern Democracy
Robert Faulkner : Washington and the Founding of Constitutional Democracy
Susan Meld Shell : Kant on Democratic Honor
Harvey C. Mansfield : Political Correctness
Christopher Bruell : True Esotericism
•The Life and Work of Ernest Fortin
Interview with Ernest Fortin and Photographs of His Life by Michael P. Foley
Bibliography of the Writings of Ernest Fortin
Liste des contributeurs/List of Contributors :
Paul J. Archambault, J. Brian Benestad, Christopher Bruell, Timothy Burns, Frederick J. Crosson, Robert Faulkner, Michael P. Foley, Marc D. Guerra, Thomas S. Hibbs, Alfred L. Ivry, Douglas Kries, Fr. Mathew L. Lamb, Marc A. LePain, David Lowenthal, Harvey C. Mansfield, Paul W. McNellis, S. J. Susan Meld Shell.
À propos des Auteurs / About authors :
Michael P. Foley is Visiting Professor in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Douglas Kries is Professor of Humanities at Gonzaga University.
