This final episode describes the schools of thought that are prevalent during the 20th century and their influence on the times today. Emphasis is placed on the thinking of Hegel as well as the thinking of the schools of materialism and existentialism. Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 48 Contemporary Philosophy a. Overall view b. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) c. Marxism d. Other kinds of Materialism e. Existentialism ..read more

This section describes the history of Christian philosophy and what makes it unique and Christian as a form of philosophical inquiry as well as what it has done for philosophy in the world. Emphasis is placed on the contribution of the great Christian thinkers Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 46 This history of Christian philosophy a. There is a Christian philosophy b. The formation of Christian philosophy c. The contents of Christian Philosophy. d. St. Augustine (354-430) e. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) f. Decadence after St. Thomas ..read more

This section begins with a discussion of the historical setting for which Christianity started forming from. It emphasizes the schools of thought from Greece, more specifically that of Plato and Aristotle. Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 45 The History of Ancient Philosophy a. The historical setting of Christianity b.  Plato (427-348 B.C.) c. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) d. Neo-Platonism ..read more

This episode introduces the importance of philosophy on theological questioning and how this relation has changed through time.  Part 7 History of Philosophy Chapter 44 Introduction to the history of philosophy a. Philosophy as instrument of theology b. Overview of the history of philosophy ..read more

This episode discusses the achieving of the good of society in terms of authority and obedience. It describes the importance of government in the ordering of society as well as its limitations when it deviates from following the natural ordering of things Part 6 Ethics Chapter 42 Government, authority and laws a. Government and politics b. Authority and obedience c. Positive law ..read more

This episode describes the nature of family in light of the metaphysical understanding of man. It describes the importance of marriage and the family to society and the properties of marriage.  Part 6 Ethics Chapter 41 The Family a. The nature of marriage b. The common good of the family c. Fundamental properties of the family d. Marriage and celibacy ..read more

By making use of the metaphysical understanding of the common good for man this episode discusses the implications of this on society, the man who is a part of it. It talks of the structuring and ordering of society and the balance required for a society to flourish and the failings that arise when disorder or imbalance starts dividing society. Part 6 Ethics Chapter 40 Society and the common good a. Interrelations among men b. Friendship and the love of God c. What is society? d. History and culture e. Ordering of intermediate societies to civil society f. Ordering of the person to the common ..read more

This episode discusses mans willfull freedom to act as he wishes and the relation of morality to those actions. Therefore it raises the topic of sin, its effects and also virtue and their attainment. Part 6. Ethics Chapter 39 Moral acts a. Will and Freedom b. Goodness and malice of human acts c. Moral evil or sin d. Types of sins e. Effects of sin f. Virtues g. Types of virtues ..read more

This section discusses the relation of moral law and man. It discusses the natural and eternal laws and how they are observed and practiced and where the conscience of man relates to it.  Part 6. Ethics Chapter 38. Moral law and conscience a. Eternal law and moral law b. Characteristics of the natural law c. Knowledge of the natural law d. Content of the natural law e. Moral sanction f. Conscience g. Principles guiding conscience ..read more

Using the basis of ethics as laid out in the previous episodes this section begins by differentiating between the proper good and the common good and how they relate to mankind as well as individual persons as well as the obligation of men to look out for each other and the rest of reality. Part 6 Ethics Chapter 37 The common good a. Proper good and common good b. The common good of mankind c. Love and order d. The false philosophies e. Ordination of beings to the common good f. The common good shared in the order of the universe g. Ordination of each single substance to the common good h. Di ..read more