INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Vol.1: About the Author's Studies Vol.1

About the Author’s Studies is the opening essay in Rosmini’s Introduzione alla

Filosfia. Written towards the end of his life and after the publication of many

works on philosophy, the essay first deals with the aims he had in writing those

works. He wanted to combat error. According to him, we tend to clutch at the

outward show of good rather than the true good. In the struggle down the ages

against error, knowledge of truth has increased. Rosmini wishes to systematise

these truths and present a philosophy that can serve as a basis for all branches

of knowledge. Finally, granted religious faith, he wants to present philosophy

as an aid to theology because there is no opposition between revelation and

philosophy.