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Degrees of Knowledge
Jacques Maritain (Author), Ralph McInerny (Edited by)
9780268008765
Hardback, published 30 April 1995
528 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.702 kg
"The Degrees of Knowledge remains interesting and valuable because it deals with a theme that is characteristic of, but antedates, much of postmodern thought—i.e., the critique of 'modern epistemology.' —Études maritainiennes "The Degrees of Knowledge represents one of the most complete articulations of Maritain's incorporation of the thinking of Saint Thomas Aquinas into his work." —The Library Quarterly "One can open The Degrees of Knowledge to almost any page and discover there something worth thinking about." —Pastoral Life
Maritain argues that there are different 'kinds' and 'orders' of knowledge and, within them, different 'degrees' determined by the nature of the thing to be known and the 'degree of abstraction' involved. The book is divided into two parts: Part one discusses the degrees of knowledge for science and philosophy – or 'rational knowledge,' and part two discusses the degrees of knowledge for religious faith and mysticism – or 'super-rational knowledge.'