Like their predecessors throughout the late nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have
emphasized the importance of philosophy in the Catholic
intellectual tradition. In his encyclical "Fides et ratio "(1998),
John Paul II called on philosophers "to have the courage to
recover, in the flow of an enduringly valid philosophical
tradition, the range of authentic wisdom and truth." Where the late
pope spoke of an "enduringly valid tradition," Jacques Maritain and
other Thomists often have referred to the "perennial tradition" or
to "perennial philosophy." "Words of Wisdom" responds to John
Paul's call for the development of this tradition with a
much-needed dictionary of terms. As a resource for students in
colleges, universities, and seminaries, as well as for teachers of
the perennial tradition and interested general readers, "Words of
Wisdom "occupies a unique place. It offers precise, yet clear and
understandable accounts of well over a thousand key philosophical
terms, richly cross-referenced. It also explains significant terms
from other philosophical movements with which Thomism (and the
Catholic intellectual tradition more generally) has engaged--either
through debate or through judicious and creative incorporation.
Moreover, it identifies a number of theological and doctrinal
expressions to which perennial philosophy has contributed. Finally,
it provides a comprehensive bibliography of works by Aquinas in
English, expositions and discussions of perennial themes, and
representative examples from the writings of all philosophers and
theologians mentioned in dictionary entries.
"A good dictionary is a great thing. In over 1,000 entries,
"Words of Wisdom "manages to be concise, as it must be, and
complete where it should be. Its notes on usage by contemporary
scholars I find particularly helpful. Students and teachers alike
will be grateful to Dr. Carlson for taking up the challenge of John
Paul II to appreciate and illuminate the 'great tradition of
philosophy.'" --David Ruel Foster, Athenaeum of Ohio
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