In a statement published for Paul Cobley's edition of Realism for
the 21st Century. A John Deely Reader, Umberto Eco wrote that "John
Deely has not only paid attention to the Second Scholasticism but
also to the first one". In the present book, Deely goes one step
further, by establishing the continuity of the Latin Age as a
whole. He shows how the Latin thinkers demonstrated the
presuppositions and created the framework of critical thought that
made possible and inevitable the turn to science in the modern
sense. The book thus shows how and why criticalachievements of the
Latins remain requisite, even today, for the proper understanding
of science and technology as offshot of the "Way of Signs" upon
which all of thought, as also evikytuib as a whole, perforce
travels. "With the sophistic modern and Enlightenment
misconceptions about philosophy's nature and history daily crashing
and burning around us, Deely's unconventional way of understanding
medieval philosophy is like a breath of fresh air amid intellectual
smog. This is a great book, the single most important study of
medieval thought in half a century or more. It deserves an unbiased
hearing by anyone today claiming to be a serious philosopher." -
Peter A. Redpath Founding Chairman, Universities of Western
Civilization Chairman of the Board, The International Etienne
Gilson Society "Drawing upon the thought of John Poinsot and
Charles Pierce, John Deely has opened a distinctively postmodern
path to the metaphysics of being, at once illuminating much of this
ancient tradition while casting new light upon it in the context of
contemporary thought. His treatment notably of St. Thomas is not
merely a return to an earlier thinker, but an opening to a
different path, at once in profound agreement with St. Thomas and
yet heretofore unexplored. This book, thus, not only constitutes a
return to a past era, but shows this era in a new light that
illuminates as well the contemporary scene." - Kenneth L. Schmitz
Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Canada Pontifical John
Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, Washington,
D.C.
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