Philosophia perennis, Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics, Epistemology, History of Philosophy 

The author presents in this single volume a complete summary of philosophy and its history, specially designed for the student majoring in philosophy or the seminarian who needs philosophical knowledge for his work in theology. The book is keyed to the New Catholic Encyclopedia, where fuller explanations and bibliographies of the topics treated may be found. The work is divided into three parts, the first two being systematic ant the third historical. Part I summarizes the basic content of what is called scholastic philosophy: logic, natural philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, epistemology, natural theology, and ethics. Part II surveys the more recent philosophies of the specialized disciplines, i.e., the various humanities and sciences, from language and art to social and political thought. Part III gives a synoptic account of the history of philosophy, from the beginnings of the discipline to its most contemporary developments. The presentation is simple and clear, yet it is accurate and completely authoritative.

Father William A. Wallace, O.P., is professor of philosophy and history at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He has studied in the United States and Europe, holds earned doctorates in philosophy and theology and honorary doctorates in science and letters, and has written and lectured extensively. He is the author of five books, the latest a two-volume work on Causality and Scientific Explanation. he has just concluded a sabbatical leave from Catholic University, doing research on Galileo's early notebooks at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.

Taken from the back cover.