TY - BOOK AU - Étienne Gilson AU - Edward Bullough (tr) AU - G.A. Elrington (ed) TI - The Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas: Authorised Translation From the Third Revised & Enlarged Edition of 'Le Thomisme' SN - 0880291222 U1 - 189.4 19 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Barnes & Nobles Books KW - English KW - History KW - Philosophy, Medieval N1 - Includes indexes N2 - The present revival of interest in the name and work of St. Thomas Aquinas is a fact which is bound to impress even the most superficial observer. In fact, nobody thinks of denying it; but, since it disturbs the set habits of some, the attempt has been made to give it an unfavourable interpretation in order to escape the duty to take an interest in it. It is - so it has been said - a merely artificial return to an obsolete scholasticism, a movement, political-religious rather than strictly philosophical; what has not been alleged and invented to explain a movement of ideas whose depth and vitality are sufficient to disprove so mean an origin! ER -