Philosophy - Neo-Scholasticism

Neo-Scholasticism, Neo-Thomism

- most contemporary Neo-Thomist philosophers are :Catholic

- constitutes one of the largest philosophical schools in the world (administered usually under Jesuit or Dominican orders)

Jacques Maritain (1882-    ) - existence without essence would be impossible.

Humanism secularizes by deifying man without admitting the necessity of God; it portrays evil as an imperfect stage which will be overcome in the evolutionary process.

Weltanschaaung - Christian worldview

Etienne Gilson - the revealed truths of the Christian bible agree with Greek rational thought

Christianity is an optimistic not pessimistic philosophy: instead of denying the existence of evil it sets out to regulate ,combat and destroy evil because the universe at its base is good not evil.