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Vukan Kuic
This is an analysis of Yves R. Simon’s contribution to the theory and practice of democracy. The author analyzes Simon’s treatment of the functions of government, his theories of democratic…
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Yves R. Simon
An Yves R. Simon Reader is the first collection of texts from the entirety of the philosopher’s work.
French Catholic (and then American) political philosopher Yves R. Simon was a…
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Anthony O. Simon
The first collected volume of essays devoted to the thought of Simon.
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Thomas R. Rourke
This work presents a critique of Catholic neoconservatism using the work of Yves Simon as a theoretical and practical lens of analysis. It demonstrates how Simon and the neoconservatives addressed…
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First published in 1962, this classic study examines the relationship between authority and justice, life, truth, and order. Simon, himself a passionate proponent of liberty, defends authority as an essential…
Yves R. Simon explores moral virtue in this piece through identifying three moral positions common in modernity that attempt to substitute the traditional concept of virtue, as well as discussing…
Simon develops a philosophy of science from a realistic perspective, metaphysics in the exercise of its critical function.
An English version of a work first published in 1934. It addresses a number of fundamental problems in moral knowledge, such as: how moral knowledge differs from other practical knowledge…
A fine example of the reliable research and precise description so long associated with Simon’s writings. -Library Journal
As political theorists try to discern the distinguishing features of democratic political order… they can profit from the thoughtful, theoretically sophisticated formulations of Simon. -American Political Science Review
This is a book that is stimulating, provocative, as well as very enjoyable reading. -Modern Age
This complete treatise of political philosophy demonstrates Yves R. Simon’s belief that, even in the best conceivable circumstances, government is needed to determine direction toward the common good and to…
Simon is regarded as one of this century’s greatest students of the virtue of practical wisdom. In this volume, covering such topics as practical judgement and the relationship between moral…
In this work of model clarity, Yves Simon discusses the basic insights of the creators of modern thought: Descartes, Newton, Galileo, Comte, Mach, Meyerson, Bergson, Planck, and the issues at…
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[A] treasure trove of philosophic wisdom… this book will be welcomed, and indeed cherished, by all students of natural law. -Journal of Philosophy
The late Yves R. Simon grappled with philosophical issues which still carry weight today. This collection of his essays discuss, among other topics, the relationship between faith and reason, the…
Yves Simon
Simon extracts principles from the 1984 Dreyfus Affair in France and applies them to Italy’s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia.
First published more than half a century ago, this book contains Simon’s answers to the questions - what is the nature of knowledge? what kind of activity is it to…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
