Recovering Philosophy as the Love of Wisdom: A Contribution of St. John Paul II

• Authors: Paweł Tarasiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article aims at demonstrating that, by his teaching on human person and his action, St. John Paul II (also known as Karol Wojtyła) implicitly contributed to a resolution of the most serious problem of contemporary philosophy, which consists in separating wisdom from love and substituting wisdom with understanding or knowledge. The author concludes that John Paul II makes a persuasive contribution to recover philosophy as the love of wisdom by (1) identifying truth in the area of freedom, self-fulfillment and conscience, and (2) appealing to man’s honesty and happiness.

Keywords

EN

person; action; John Paul II; Karol Wojtyła; philosophy; wisdom; love; freedom; self-fulfillment; conscience; honesty; happiness

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 269-281

Dates

published

2016-03-30

Contributors

author

Paweł Tarasiewicz

• Adler–Aquinas Institute, Manitou Springs, CO, USA

Notes

EN

Guest Editor of the Issue: Piotr Jaroszyński

Identifiers

ISSN

2300-0066