Elementary Philosophy - On Ethics and the History of Philosophy, Volume III - Zephyrinus Gonzalez

Elementary Philosophy, Volume III, brings González's philosophical course to its completion with a treatment of moral science and a comprehensive historical survey of philosophy, uniting the practical and historical dimensions of the discipline within a single volume.

The ethical section grounds moral science in the natural law and the Thomistic account of the human good, examining the nature of virtue, moral obligation, conscience, and the ultimate end of man as the governing principle of all human action.

The historical section surveys the major figures and schools of Western philosophy from antiquity through the nineteenth century, tracing the development of philosophical thought and situating the Thomistic tradition within its broader historical context.

The volume demonstrates González's conviction that the scholastic tradition represents the fullest development of philosophical reason inherited from ancient Greece, and that its renewal in the nineteenth century answers the deepest needs of modern intellectual life.