David Naugle presents a review of
philosophy: metaphysics, philosophical anthropology, epistemology
ethics and aesthetics in a slim volume of slightly over 100 pages.
The book is designed as an overview for the beginning student in
philosophy and obviously requires a great deal more information and
study to bring the intricacies of philosophy to life.
The book is well written. He states his
position as primarily Augustinian and canonical Trinitarian thesism.
In this framework he discusses the major philosophers from Plato and
Aristotle to Kant and Hegel. While the book is necessarily sketchy in
reviewing these major philosophical trends, it does give useful
information and a way to view philosophy in a Christian context.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book. However,
I had an extensive undergraduate grounding in philosophy. I would
recommend the book to anyone who wants to put Christian philosophy in
the context of the other major philosophical schools. I particularly
enjoyed the final chapter in which Naugel discusses the vocation of
Christian philosophers. You can disagree with his point of view, but
it has a great deal of merit and is well worth reading.
I reviewed this book for Crossway
Publishing.
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