Philosophy of the Human Person [Paperback]

S.J. James B Reichmann (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0829405046 | ISBN-13: 978-0829405040 | Publication Date: January 1, 1985

This book provides the student of philosophy with a comprehensive discussion of the human experience, with the single aim of uncovering the meaning of being human.

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• Paperback: 364 pages
• Publisher: Loyola Press (January 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829405046
• ISBN-13: 978-0829405040
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,022 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent overview of the Thomist position, April 27, 2003

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This review is from: Philosophy of the Human Person (Paperback)

This text provides an excellent intoduction and summary of the philosophy of the human being as has been traditionally taught in the Western tradition. Reichmann provides clear descriptions of several difficult topics in the philosophy of the person from the classic Thomist persepctive, especially in reference to modern issues like the beginning of life and the challenges posed by evolutionary theory

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Philosophy of the Human Person, February 6, 2011

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This review is from: Philosophy of the Human Person (Paperback)

This is an excellent introductory text into the subject matter of the human person. In its epistemological aspect, it is unquestionably loyal to an Aristotelian/Thomistic moderate realism. It goes through the aspect of human questioning and the problem of human knowledge. Here, in a tour de force, Reichmann introduces the reader to the entire structure of human knowledge beginning from the external world which impresses itself upon the human senses into his internal senses and then into intellectual concepts through the process of intellection. Reichmann also addresses the phenomenon of language and its relation to knowledge as well as to human nature. From knowledge, Reichmann then introduces the reader to the notion of action and willing and choosing, adopting, again an Aristotelian/Thomistic moderate determinism in his presentation of freedom, of willing, and of choosing. His handling of how it is that, though our will seeks the universal good infallibly, the will yet remains free in choosing particular goods is masterful. From knowing and willing, Reichmann then goes into other aspects of our human nature, including emotions and feelings and habits (which he defines as an "acquired operational structure") and only briefly touches the virtues and ethics. He passes from then to issues relating to the human person and the specific meaning which that has. He wraps his treatment up with questions as to the meaning of life, the meaning of death, and the beginnings of life individually and as a species. Though Reichmann is loyal to an Aristotelian/Thomistic viewpoint, he does not use any turgid scholastic phraseology. On the contrary, he uses modern concepts and language to express a traditional philosophy. This may be the single best text to introduce students or beginners to the greater aspects of being and good. Highly recommended.

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction to Philosophy., November 21, 1996

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This review is from: Philosophy of the Human Person (Paperback)

You will be introduced to the major thinkers of philosophy and their philosophies concerning the human person