Monograph on Francisco Suárez in Revista Recensión: A New Series for Research

Revista Recensión has published its Volume 14 (July–December 2025), a full monographic issue devoted entirely to Francisco Suárez, edited by Pedro Aullón de Haro, which outlines an updated map of current lines of research concerning the Doctor Eximio and the School of Salamanca.The volume opens with Aullón’s programmatic study, La ideación del sujeto moderno (The Conception of the Modern Subject), followed by a set of research articles, essays, bibliographic commentaries, and reviews that complete the dossier.Contributors include: Pedro Aullón de Haro, Susana Pablo, José Manuel Ruiz Vila, Jorge Gallor, David Torrijos, José M. Pons, Daniela d’Ambrosio, Carlos Sánchez Lozano, José Ignacio Medina, Irene Corachán Swidzinská, Helena Terrados, Esther Argüelles, Araceli García Martín, David Torrijos Castrillejo, Lucas Prieto, Jaime Caralt Rodrigo y Sebastián Pineda Buitrago, as well as the addition of the Serie DOCUMENTA with JAMES BROWN SCOTT: FRANCISCO SUÁREZ (1548-1617).

Authors and Sections of the Issue

Editor: Pedro Aullón de Haro. New Series: DOCUMENTA — James Brown Scott: Suárez

1. On the Cover

• Pedro Aullón de Haro:

  • La ideación del sujeto moderno (The Conception of the Modern Subject) — A programmatic study establishing the contemporary interpretation of Suárez as a central axis of modern thought and of the Spanish Universalist School.

2. Articles / Research

• Susana Pablo:

  • La iconografía de Francisco Suárez (The Iconography of Francisco Suárez) — The first comprehensive study of the visual tradition of the Doctor Eximio.

  • Webgrafía suareciana (Suárezian Webgraphy) — A critical repertory of digital resources, databases, and academic sites dedicated to the work, image, and international reception of Suárez.

• José M. Pons:

  • Salvador Castellote y la antropología de Suárez (Salvador Castellote and the Anthropology of Suárez) — A philological and philosophical analysis of Castellote’s anthropological legacy in the Suárezian interpretation.

• José Manuel Ruiz Vila:

  • La metafísica del ser en las Disputationes Metaphysicae (The Metaphysics of Being in the Disputationes Metaphysicae) — A systematic reading of Suárez’s ontology and its modern projection.

• Jorge Gallor:

  • La noción de ley natural en Suárez y su proyección europea (The Notion of Natural Law in Suárez and Its European Projection) — A comparative study among Suárez, Vitoria, and Grotius.

• David Torrijos Castrillejo:

  • La gracia eficaz y la libertad del hombre en la teología de Suárez (Efficacious Grace and Human Freedom in Suárez’s Theology) — A theological analysis of the reconciliation between freedom and providence.

• Daniela d’Ambrosio:

  • Recepción de Suárez en la escolástica italiana del siglo XVII (Reception of Suárez in Seventeenth-Century Italian Scholasticism) — A study of unpublished Latin sources and their influence on Catholic humanism.

• Carlos Sánchez Lozano:

  • Suárez y la estética de la claridad intelectual (Suárez and the Aesthetics of Intellectual Clarity) — A reflection on the aesthetic and epistemological dimension of Suárezian thought.

• José Ignacio Medina:

  • La recepción de Suárez en la tradición polaca y checa (The Reception of Suárez in the Polish and Czech Traditions) — A historical-philosophical study on the Central European expansion of Suárezian thought.

• Irene Corachán Swidzinská:

  • Traducción y comentario de textos suarecianos en el ámbito polaco-eslavo (Translation and Commentary on Suárezian Texts in the Polish–Slavic Sphere) — A study of humanistic translation and the history of reception.

3. Essays / Commentaries

• Helena Terrados:

  • La dimensión ética en el pensamiento de Suárez (The Ethical Dimension in Suárez’s Thought) — A moral-philosophical synthesis highlighting its relevance for contemporary reflection.

• Esther Argüelles:

  • Suárez y la tradición de la Escuela de Salamanca (Suárez and the Tradition of the School of Salamanca) — A conceptual revision of the doctrinal continuity with Soto and Molina.

• Araceli García Martín:

  • El concepto de libertad en la filosofía práctica suareciana (The Concept of Freedom in Suárez’s Practical Philosophy) — An ethical and juridical analysis of individual and social freedom.

• Lucas Prieto:

  • La teoría política en el De legibus ac Deo legislatore (Political Theory in De legibus ac Deo legislatore) — An exposition of the juridical foundation of political power in Suárez.

• Jaime Caralt Rodrigo:

  • El orden cósmico y la idea de armonía en la metafísica suareciana (The Cosmic Order and the Idea of Harmony in Suárezian Metaphysics) — An aesthetic reading of Suárez’s ontology.

• Sebastián Pineda Buitrago:

  • Suárez en la tradición iberoamericana contemporánea (Suárez in the Contemporary Ibero-American Tradition) — An essay on the philosophical and cultural projection of Suárezian thought in Hispanic America.

• 4. Serie DOCUMENTA

  • James Brown Scott: Francisco Suárez —Critical edition and presentation of key texts by the American jurist on the influence of Suárezian thought in modern international law.

In This Blog...

From Francisco Suárez XXI, we will publish specific posts presenting, in clear language and with minimal scholarly apparatus, the theses and contributions of each article in the monograph:

• A doctrinal synthesis of the framework proposed by Pedro Aullón de Haro for the “Salamancan modern subject.”

• An iconographic overview from Susana Pablo’s study (corpus, typologies, vera effigies, image circulation, and authenticity criteria).

• An anthropological reading of Suárez’s work according to José M. Pons, with attention to Castellote (edition of De anima, manuscripts from Salamanca and Pavia, and the foundations of Suárezian anthropology).

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This volume stands out for bringing together a generation of researchers from diverse disciplines — philology, philosophy, theology, law, aesthetics, and translation — under the direction of Pedro Aullón de Haro.The result is a monograph of thematic unity and methodological variety, consolidating the study of Suárez as a central axis of Hispanic intellectual tradition and its universal projection.

Source: Revista Recensión, vol. 14 (July–December 2025), Monograph “Francisco Suárez”.