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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Excerpt: ... VINCENZO GIOBERTL ARTICLE I. [From Brownsou''s Quarterly Review for October, 1850.] - We have, on several occasions within the last two or tnree years, introduced the name of Gioberti, sometimes with praise, sometimes with blame, and some attempt to appreciate his influence as an author, or to determine the practical tendency of his writings, can be neither misplaced nor mistimed; for he is, unquestionably, a man of rare genius, of acute and profound thought, a highly polished intellect, and various and extensive erudition, He appears to have mastered the whole circle cf the sciences, and to have made himself thoroughly acquainted with the past and the present. He has studied profoundly the spirit of our age, and we have met with no one who better understands its dangerous tendencies. He possesses a genuine philosophical aptitude, and is nnrivalled in his exposition and criticism of modern philosophy, especially as represented by the later German, French, and Italian schools; and as far as concerns the refutation of false systems, and the statement of the first principles and the method of philosophical science, he is eminently successful. The best refutation of sensism, pantheism, radicalism, and socialism, and the clearest and most satisfactory statement and vindication of the several truths opposed to them, with which we are acquainted, are to be found in his writings. He never fears to make a bold and manly profession of the Catholic faith, and it is from the point of view of Catholicity, and by the aid of Catholic doctrine, that he refutes the modern errors and heresies he attacks. He seems, also, save in the ascetic region, whenever he has occasion to present Catholic theology, to present it in its highest and most rigidly orthodox forms. According to him. the true human race d... Orestes Augustus Brownson, Books, Religion and Spirituality, The Works Of Orestes A. Brownson (volume 2); Philosophy Books>Religion and Spirituality, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217558006

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Orestes Augustus Brownson, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General works-of-Orestes-A-Brownson~~Orestes-Augustus-Brownson General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Published by: T. Nourse in 1883 in 592 pages; Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers; Literary Collections / General; Philosophy / General; Philosophy / History & Surveys / General; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern; Religion / Philosophy; Social Science / Sociology of Religion;<