Felix Ó Murchadha

The Foundations of Philosophy

Philosophy

“‘What indeed has Athens to do with Jerusalem?’ Tertullian’s question still remains pertinent, and this book makes a forceful and sustained case for a Christian philosophy founded on Scripture rather than the ‘unaided’ reason of Athens. While making this case, Macneil’s argumentation is at once engaged and systematic. The reader may find themselves in disagreement—either marginally or profoundly—in the course of the book but equally is being continually addressed in a reasoned discourse drawing from the best traditions of Christian thought. This self-confessedly ‘apologetic’ work in the Augustinian tradition is an important contribution not alone to the philosophy of religion, but also to metaphysics and meta-philosophy.”