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The Old Testament and political theory -- The death of Christ and political theory -- 3 Saint Augustine and Christian political theory -- Christian guardians -- On the neglect of Hell in political theory -- On the scientific eradication of evil -- The limits of law -- The best form of government -- On war and the worst regime in political theory -- On the condition of heaven : a Thomistic reflection on politics and the completion of human numbers -- The reality of society according to Saint Thomas -- On the disappearance of mercy from political theory -- Political theory and political theology -- Conclusion.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- A Brief Foreword -- Chapter 1. On the End of All Things -- Chapter 2. On What We Don't Know -- Chapter 3. On the Principles for Taxing Beer -- Chapter 4. On The Lord of the World -- Chapter 5. On the Impartial Reading of Books -- Chapter 6. On Pleasures of Our Kind -- Chapter 7. On Nothingness -- Chapter 8. On the Belloc Sussex Walk of 1902 -- Chapter 9. On Aquinas and Modernity -- Chapter 10. On Travel -- Chapter 11. On "Catholic" Universities -- Chapter 12. On the Temptation to Organize the World -- Chapter 13. On Answers -- Chapter 14. On the "Culture of Evil" -- Chapter 15. On the Empty Universe -- Chapter 16. On the "Right" to Everything -- Chapter 17. On Philosophical Eros -- Chapter 18. On What If the Truth Didn't Matter -- Chapter 19. On Saving the "People from their Sins" -- Chapter 20. On Justice -- Chapter 21. On Los Gatos -- Chapter 22. On the Unequal Distribution of Goods -- Chapter 23. On Intelligence -- Chapter 24. On the "Right" to Happiness -- Chapter 25. On the Shade of "Diabolism" -- Chapter 26. On the Fragility of Islam -- Chapter 27. On the Point of Human Existence -- Chapter 28. On American Un-Exceptionalism -- Chapter 29. On Truth -- Chapter 30. On General Wolfe's Preference -- Chapter 31. On Lying -- Chapter 32. On the "End Time" -- Chapter 33. On the City of God -- Chapter 34. On Words from Wodehouse -- Chapter 35. On Lingard's Account of the Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots -- Chapter 36. On Both a Father and a Mother -- Chapter 37. On the Word "Violence" -- Chapter 38. On Loving Everybody and Nobody -- Chapter 39. On the "Jealous" God -- Chapter 40. On Old Books and Old Professors -- Chapter 41. On the "World's Most Meaningless Talk" -- Chapter 42. On the Gorgias Myth -- Chapter 43. On Revelation.

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I. The Principle of All Reality""; ""1. Books That Are "Great��Books That Are "True�""; ""2. On Rereading the Apology of Socrates""; ""3. The Purpose of Creation""; ""Part II. On Something or Other Really Existing""; ""4. On the Things That Depend on Philosophy""; ""5. On the Conquest of Human Nature: Ancients, Moderns�Medievals, Futures""; ""6. Why Political Philosophy Is Not a Natural Science""; ""Part III. Sufficient Understanding to See the Truth""; ""7. The Rational Animal