Peter A. Redpath is presently Full Professor of Philosophy at St. John’s University, Staten Island, New York, executive editor of VIBS, a founder of the Gilson Society, chairman of the Board of the Angelicum Academy, member of the Board of the Great Books Academy, former associate editor of the journal Contemporary Philosophy, and former vice president of the American Maritain Association, member of the Board of the Yves R. Simon Institute, and executive editor of VIBS. He is the author and editor of numerous philosophical books and articles.

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Curtis L. HancockEditor’s IntroductionAcknowledgmentsONE Jorge J.E. GRACIA: The Enlightening Gloss: Gilson and the History of PhilosophyTWO Richard GERAGHTY: The Practical Nature of Moral PhilosophyTHREE Peter A. REDPATH: Philosophy’s Non-Systematic NatureFOUR Robert A. DELFINO: The Beauty of Wisdom: A Tribute to Armand A. MaurerFIVE Desmond J. FITZGERALD: Étienne Gilson and the San Francisco ConferenceSIX Raymond DENNEHY: Maritain’s Reply to Gilson’s Rejection of Critical RealismSEVEN Joseph J. CALIFANO: On the Nature of Being and Division of Speculative SciencesEIGHT Francesca MURPHY: Gilson and Maritain: Battle Over The BeautifulNINE Richard J. FAFARA: Gilson and Gouhier: Approaches to MalebrancheTEN James MAROOSIS: Poinsot, Peirce, and Pegis: Knowing as a Way of BeingELEVEN James V. SCHALL: Possessed of Both a Reason and a Revelation About the ContributorsIllustrationsIndex of Works and Professional AppearancesIndex of Authors, Editors, and TranslatorsIndex of Names and Subjects