The Perennial Wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Great Books Tradition

• Autorzy: Erb Heather M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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In this article I argue for the pedagogical complementarity of the perennial wisdom of St. Thomas and Mortimer Adler’s dialectical method of the Great Books, where the Great Books highlight the ministerial function of the imagination to the will and intellect in the order of learning. Characterized by communal inquiry, the thought of St. Thomas and the Great Books are shown to be well matched instruments of the special Providence by which we direct one another to our proper end. A review of key Thomistic dispositions of teaching and learning, the nature of authentic conversation, and various objections and replies to the Great Books method of education and its alliance with the thought of St. Thomas focus the analysis. Several points of contact enrich the task of liberal learning. The Great Books are seen to supply students of St. Thomas with the spontaneous play of associations, rapprochements and comparisons as they strive to apply texts to the practices of virtue and truth seeking, while the perennial wisdom directs the students’ personal exegesis through the rigor of philosophical principles, logic, and distinctions.

Słowa kluczowe

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Thomas Aquinas; Mortimer J. Adler; philosophia perennis; perennial wisdom; Thomism; The Great Books; teaching; learning; conversation; liberal education

• Wydawca: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Czasopismo: Studia Gilsoniana
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: 10
• Numer: 1
• Strony: 103–133

Daty

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2021-03-30

Twórcy

autor

Erb Heather M.,

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DOI: 10.26385/SG.100104