Online Books by Ralph McInerny

Rhyme and Reason: St. Thomas and Modes of Discourse

Ralph McInerny presented Rhyme and Reason: St. Thomas and Modes of Discourse as the Aquinas Lecture at Marquette University in 1981. In the lecture, he investigates the relationship between philosophy and poetry, especially as illuminated by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, then considers the significance of style in philosophical writing.

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Dante and the Blessed Virgin

In Dante and the Blessed Virgin Ralph McInerny presents the central role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dante's Commedia as well as his broader poetic oeuvre. This work serves as a great companion volume when reading Dante's poetry, showing the depth of McInerny's literary insight and revealing Dante's spiritual profundity.

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The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain

Ralph McInerny presents Jacques Maritain as an exemplary Christian philosopher by considering the his life in its full spiritual breadth and development.

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Characters in Search of Their Author

The Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Glasgow in 1999-2000, published as Characters in Search of Their Author, discusses natural theology as it can be discussed in the modern philosophical climate. McInerny details what has happened to the dicipline of natural theology, and how this dicipline, in the tradition of St. Thomas Aquinas, can be recovered.

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The following books are currently being prepared for the site and will be available soon:

• Art and Prudence
• A First Glance at St. Thomas Aquinas
• History of Western Philosophy
• I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You
• The Logic of Analogy
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• Studies in Analogy
• Thomism in an Age of Renewal
• A History of the Ambrosiana (by Angelo Paredi, translated by Constance and Ralph McInerny)