Fordham University - Maroon Yearbook (New York, NY)

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SYNONYMOUS with any Catholic education is the study of philosophy. This is especially true of Ford- ham. In a university which has the largest enrollment of any Catholic institution in the world, Fordham Col- lege naturally has a highly diversified curriculum in the arts and sciences. But underlying and basically uniting these courses is the study of philosophy. The study of philosophy at first seems to be an ephemeral inquiry. Its practical value is not so easily recognized when balanced against other fields of en- deavor. But, as every Fordham College student comes to learn, philosophy is the fountainhead of all human knowledge. Aside from the intricacies and deepness of the subject, philosophy could well be placed at the be- ginning of man's quest for knowledge, for, indeed, to philosophize is to know. To many it may seem like belaboring a time-worn point, but the fact remains that in this world which is -drowning in a Hood of Communistic philosophy, the Christian concept of man's meaning and destiny is the force which can avert and eventually stem the tide. 22

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Although al l'iOl'ill1Z1lll we do not come ill contact with formal philosophy instruction until junior year, we become aware, early in freshman year, of the pres- ence of a very delinite philosophical concept in each and every one of our academic subjects. YVC learn to interpret literature with relerence to traditional Chris- tian philosophy-we are shown how the Christian concept ol' man is at odds with or in accordance with the many forms ol' government. lVe begin to see the very lundamental connection between our philosophy and ethical business, politics and medicine. By junior year, after a course in logic, we are ready to approach all these ideas at their beginning. At Hrst confusing but soon parts of a well integrated whole are courses in ontology, epistemology, natural theology and cos- mology. The cafeteria soon echoes with the discus- sions of men whose contact with these abstract notions is for the 11lOSt part new. The psychology and ethics we study in senior year are perhaps the two phases in our philosophical studies we find most interesting, for in these subjects we apply in a visible way all the notions we have managed to retain from junior year. Greater are the discussions for at once we have abstract notions and practical applications of vital concern. lVe have been brought to the realization that there is an importance to every act we, as the rational creatures of God, perform. Rev. joseph Taylor, SJ. Rev. Francis V. Courneen, SJ. Rev. Frederick J. Helbig, SJ. 1.23 Rev. Edward J. McNally, S.J. Rev. Rev Rev Rev Rev Rev. James M. Somerville, S.-I William L. Reilly, S.j. Charles A. Matthews, S.j Francis V. Courneen, SJ Robert J. Roth, S.-I. joseph F. Donceel, S.j.