The Writings of Charles De Koninck: Volume 2

Volume 2 of carries on the project begun by volume 1 of presenting the first English edition of the collected works of the Catholic Thomist philosopher Charles De Koninck (1906-1965). Ralph McInerny (1929-2010) was the project editor and prepared the excellent translations. This volume begins with two works published in 1943: , De Koninck's first study in Mariology, and (with ), which generated a strong critical reaction. Included in this volume are two reviews of , by Yves R. Simon and I. Thomas Eschmann, O.P., and De Koninck's substantial response to Eschmann in his lengthy "In Defence of St. Thomas." The volume concludes with a group of short essays: "The Dialectic of Limits as Critique of Reason," "Notes on Marxism," "This Is a Hard Saying," "[Review of] ," and "Concept, Process, and Reality."