Philosophia Perennis, Vol. III: Cosmology

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 390 pages
• Published by: Loreto Publications July 23, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1930278012
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1930278011
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Product Description
Without sound philosophy to set the limits of scientific inquiry and regulate its modern tendency for cosmological usurpation, science degenerates into scientism. God is the Creator of the universe. All things are ordered to His ends. All matter is at the ultimate service of man s supernatural vocation. This course was given in the spirit of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Doctor of Creation. Nature and the fidelity thereof, matter, space and time, substance and accidents, wisdom and the laws of nature, unicity and the four causes, and finally, the culminating chapter on the final cause, or teleology (purpose) of things, make a captivating study for every man and lady who wishes to be childlike and repose in the contemplative embrace of wonder.

Reader Reviews
This volume was born of the outstanding lecture series Brother Francis gave at the Saint Benedict Center back in the eighties. In fact, this book follows closely the lecture notes of his third class in the series on cosmology, within the overall discipline of philosophia perennis. The theme of the work is fundamentally that by perceiving the order and purpose of our universe, we cannot deny its Author. And there is perhaps no more important theme for our fallen world to embrace. In reading this very important work, one is imbued with a sense of serenity and joy. This is the final end of the human contemplative experience. Brother Francis has here rendered something terribly important and incredibly wonderful. Read this outstanding book. And be richly blessed and well informed by the experience.