[RobbyS]

I have to comment that much of what passed as Thomism in the 1950s drove Etienne Gilson wild (well , as as wild as he could get.) That's one reason why it was so easily overthrown. Most priests understood it about as deeply as most engineers understand calculus.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

I have to comment that much of what passed as Thomism in the 1950s drove Etienne Gilson wild (well , as as wild as he could get.) That's one reason why it was so easily overthrown. Most priests understood it about as deeply as most engineers understand calculus. 56 posted on 01/17/2003 8:11 PM PST by RobbyS

Wasn't alive then, but I take your point. Were Prof. Gilson around today he might be driven a little "wild" by some of the other stuff. The reverence for Nietzsche comes to mind.

But, just to keep things honest, I wasn't defending the paint-by-numbers version of textbook scholasticism.