Books

Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages

Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Dante and His Precursors. Translated by Marc LePain. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2002. Originally published as Dissidence et philosophie au moyen âge: Dante et ses antécédents. Montreal: Bellarmin (1981).

Essays

Book notes

– Book notes in Année théologique augustinienne 12 (1952): 385-86.

Book notes

– Book notes in Année théologique augustinienne 13 (1953): 384-85, 397, 401-3, 406, 412.

Book notes

– Book notes in Revue des études augustiniennes 1 (1955): 268, 278-80.

Translatio Studii

– "Translatio Studii." Folia: Studies in the Christian Perpetuation of the Classics 10, no. 2 (1956): 43-51. Collected Essays vol. 4, pp. 85-91.

The Rebirth of Patristic Studies

– "The Rebirth of Patristic Studies." Delta Epsilon Sigma Bulletin (October 1959): 11-20. Collected Essays vol. 4, pp. 3-12.

Thoughts on Modernity

– "Thoughts on Modernity." In Conditions and Purposes of the Modern University: The Christian Dimension, 19-30. Washington, D.C.: Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs. Collected Essays vol. 3, pp. 145-57.

Catholic Intellectual Life and the Modern World

– "Catholic Intellectual Life and the Modern World." In Intellectual and Cultural Possibilities Generated by Vatican II, 6-8. Washington, D.C.: Catholic Commission on Intellectual and Cultural Affairs.

Ecumenism—Where Do We Go from Here?

– "Ecumenism—Where Do We Go from Here?" In Theology and Revolution, 86-94. Edited by George Devine. Staten Island: College Theology Society, 1970. Collected Essays vol. 4, pp. 245-50.

St. Thomas Aquinas

– "St. Thomas Aquinas." In History of Political Philosophy, 223-50. Edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972. Collected Essays vol. 2, pp. 151-75.

St. Augustine

– "St. Augustine." In History of Political Philosophy, 151-81. Edited by Leo Strauss and Joseph Cropsey. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1972. Collected Essays, vol. 2, pp. 1-29.

Les conséquences du renouveau du sens communautaire

– "Les conséquences du renouveau du sens communautaire." In Culture et croyance: le facteur culturel dans le dialogue écuménique, 30-39. Edited by C. Walte. Rencontre Assomptioniste Oecuménique, Les Essarts.

The Ecumenical Venture

– "The Ecumenical Venture." Previously unpublished. Collected Essays vol. 4, pp. 217-28.

Die Paradoxien der aristotelischen Bildungstheorie im Lichte neuer Diskussionen

– "Die Paradoxien der aristotelischen Bildungstheorie im Lichte neuer Diskussionen." In Erziehung und Bildung in der heidnischen und christlichen Antike, 252-71. Edited by H. T. Johann. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. Originally published as "The Paradoxes of Aristotle's Theory of Education in the Light of Recent Controversies" (1957).

Dante and Averroism

– "Dante and Averroism." In Actas del V Congreso Internacional de Filosofia Medieval, vol. 2, pp. 739-46. Madrid: Editora Nacional, 1979. Collected Essays vol. 4, pp. 103-10.

Dante and the Structure of Philosophical Allegory

– "Dante and the Structure of Philosophical Allegory." Miscellanea Mediaevalia 13, no. 1, Sprache und Erkenntnis im Mittelalter, 434-40. Berlin and New York: De Gruyter, 1981. Collected Essays vol. 1, pp. 269-76.

Nietzsche and the Crisis of Nihilism

– "Nietzsche and the Crisis of Nihilism." In Meaning, Truth and God, 195-215. Edited by L. S. Rouner. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1982. Collected Essays vol. 2, pp. 337-53.

Christianity and Democracy

– "Christianity and Democracy." Center Journal 1, no. 3 (1982): 33-41. An expanded version of "Social Activism and the Church's Mission" (1980).

Moral Values

– "Moral Values." In Report of the University Planning Council, 3-4. Boston College, 1983. Collected Essays vol. 4, pp. 205-8.

Dante and the Rediscovery of Political Philosophy

– "Dante and the Rediscovery of Political Philosophy." In Natural Right and Political Right: Essays in Honor of H. V. Jaffa, 9-26. Edited by T. B. Silver and P. W. Schramm. Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 1983. Collected Essays vol. 1, pp. 251-68.

Augustine, the Arts, and Human Progress

– "Augustine, the Arts, and Human Progress." In Theology and Technology: Essays in Christian Analysis and Exegesis, 193-208. Edited by C. Mitcham and J. Grote. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1984. Collected Essays vol. 3, pp. 87-101.

Dawson and Augustine

– "Dawson and Augustine." Dawson Newsletter 4, no. 4 (1985-86): 12-14. Reprinted as "A Note on Dawson and St. Augustine," Collected Essays vol. 1, 115-22.

Natural Law and Social Justice

– "Natural Law and Social Justice." American Journal of Jurisprudence 30 (1985): 1-20. Collected Essays vol. 2, 223-41.

Faith and Reason in Contemporary Perspective

– "Faith and Reason in Contemporary Perspective: Apropos of a Recent Book." Review of The God of Faith and Reason: The Foundations of Christian Theology, by Robert Sokolowski. Interpretation 14, nos. 2-3 (1986): 371-87. Collected Essays vol. 2, 297-316.

Basil the Great and the Choice of Hercules

– "Basil the Great and the Choice of Hercules: A Note on the Christianization of a Pagan Myth." Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal 11, no. 2 (1986): 65-81. Collected Essays vol. 1, 153-68.

Making Ends Meet: The Dilemma of Catholic Thought

– "Making Ends Meet: The Dilemma of Catholic Thought." Free Inquiry 8, no. 1 (1987): 36-39. Revised and published as "The Trouble with Catholic Social Thought," Boston College Magazine 47, no. 3: 37-42. Collected Essays vol. 3, 303-13.

Aristotle and the Sociobiologists

– "Aristotle and the Sociobiologists: An Old Controversy Revisited." Politics and the Life Sciences 6, no. 2 (1988): 205-8. Collected Essays vol. 4, 281-86.

In Defense of Satan

– "In Defense of Satan: Christian Perspectives on the Problem of Evil." This World 25 (1989): 50-58. Collected Essays vol. 3, 241-51.

Church Activism in the 1980s

– "Church Activism in the 1980s: Politics in the Guise of Religion?" In Religion and Politics, ed. F. Baumann and K. Jensen. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989), 33-50. Collected Essays vol. 3, 261-75.

In the Shadow of the Gallows

– "In the Shadow of the Gallows: Criminal Justice, Its Rationale, and Its Limitations." The World and I (March 1990): 501-15. Collected Essays vol. 3, 73-86.

The Enlightenment and Freedom

– "The Enlightenment and Freedom: Critical Remarks on Ernest van den Haag's 'The Desolation of Reality.'" Collected Essays vol. 4, 267-72.

Rome and the Theologians

– "Rome and the Theologians: Reports of a Grand Inquisitor Are Greatly Exaggerated." Crisis 9, no. 5 (1991): 16-20.

Do We Need Catholic Universities?

– "Do We Need Catholic Universities?" Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Newsletter 16, no. 3 (1993): 2-6. Collected Essays vol. 3, 57-62.

Allan Bloom, 1930-1992

– "Friend and Teacher: Allan Bloom, 1930-1992." Crisis 11, no. 1 (1993): 38-40. Collected Essays vol. 3, 315-20.

Perspectives bibliques sur l’écologie

– "Perspectives bibliques sur l'écologie." Communio: Revue catholique internationale 18, no. 3 (1993): 63-87. Translated as "The Bible Made Me Do It: Christianity, Science, and the Environment." Review of Politics 57 (1995): 197-223.

Human Rights and the Common Good

– "Human Rights and the Common Good." CCICA Annual 13 (1994): 1-16. Reprinted, with variations, as "The Natural Wrong in Natural Rights." Crisis 12, no. 5 (1994): 20-25. Collected Essays vol. 3, 19-28.

In Memoriam: Allan Bloom, 1930-1992

– "In Memoriam: Allan Bloom, 1930-1992." In Allan Bloom: Friend, Mentor, and Educator. Chicago: University of Chicago Committee on Social Thought, 1994.

The Strauss-Voegelin Correspondence

– "The Strauss-Voegelin Correspondence: Two Reflections and Two Comments." With G. Hughes. Review of Politics 56 (1994): 337-57. Collected Essays vol. 2, 329-36, and vol. 4, 277-79.

Christianity, Science and the Environment

– "The Bible Made Me Do It: Christianity, Science, and the Environment." Review of Politics 57 (1995): 197-223. Translation of "Perspectives bibliques sur l'écologie." Collected Essays vol. 3, 111-33.

Natural Law

– "Natural Law." In The Encyclopedia of Democracy, 878-80. Edited by Seymour Martin Lipset. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1995. Collected Essays vol. 3, 159-64.

Politique et philosophie au moyen âge

– "Politique et philosophie au moyen âge: la révolution aristotélicienne." In Moral and Political Philosophies in the Middle Ages. Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Medieval Philosophy. Edited by C. Bazan, E. Andújar and L. Sbrocchi. Ottawa: Legas, 148-66.

Menschenrechte und Allgemeinwohl

– "Menschenrechte und Allgemeinwohl." Communio: Internationale Katholische Zeitschrift 25 (1996): 1-12. Translation of "Human Rights and the Common Good" (1994).

The Enlightenment and the Church

– "The Enlightenment and the Church: The Changing Configurations." CCICA Annual 16 (1997): 73-87. Collected Essays vol. 4, 137-46.

On the Presumed Medieval Origin of Individual Rights

– "On the Presumed Medieval Origin of Individual Rights." In Final Causality in Nature and Human Affairs, 86-106. Edited by Richard Hassing. Washington: Catholic University of America Press. Reprinted in Communio 26 (Spring 1999): 55-79. Collected Essays vol. 2, 243-64.

Justice as the Foundation of the Political Community

– "Justice as the Foundation of the Political Community: Augustine and His Pagan Models." In Augustinus: De civitate Dei, 41-62. Edited by Christoph Horn. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1997. Revised and published as "De civitate Dei" (1999).

De civitate Dei

– "De civitate Dei." In Augustine: An Encyclopedia, 196-202. Edited by Allan Fitzgerald. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1999. Collected Essays vol. 4, 71-82. Revised version of "Justice as the Foundation of the Political Community" (1997).

Commentary

Gladly to Learn and Gladly to Teach

Gladly to Learn and Gladly to Teach: Essays on Religion and Political Philosophy in Honor of Ernest L. Fortin, A.A. Edited by Michael P. Foley and Douglas Kries. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2002.

In Defense of Fortin

– Douglas Kries. "In Defense of Fortin." Review of Politics 64, no. 3 (Summer 2002): 411-13.

The Christian Socrates

– Harvey C. Mansfield. "The Christian Socrates." Review of Dissent and Philosophy in the Middle Ages: Dante and His Precursors, by Ernest L. Fortin. Claremont Review of Books 3, no. 4 (Fall 2003).

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