title: Way Toward Wisdom, The: An Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Introduction to Metaphysics (Thomistic Studies)
author: Benedict M. Ashley O.P.
description: Ashleys book is a recapitulation of a lifelong effort to reach a comprehensive understanding of reality. It displays a high level of scholarship, offers a voyage through the philosophical disciplines and takes into account the metaphysical orientation of the great religious traditions of mankind. <i>The Review of Metaphysics</i> (The Review of Metaphysics)
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  ## _The Way toward Wisdom_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THOMISTIC STUDIES
  
  
  John Deely, General Editor
  
  
  _Sponsored by the Center for Thomistic Studies_
  
  
  _Houston, Texas_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # The Way toward Wisdom
  
  
  # _An Interdisciplinary  
  and Intercultural Introduction  
  to Metaphysics_
  
  
  **B ENEDICT M. ASHLEY, O.P.**
  
  
  _University of Notre Dame Press_
  
  
  _Notre Dame, Indiana_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  University of Notre Dame Press
  
  
  Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
  
  
  [www.undpress.nd.edu](http://www.undpress.nd.edu)
  
  
  All Rights Reserved
  
  
  Published in the United States of America
  
  
  copyright © 2006 by University of Notre Dame
  
  
  Reprinted in 2009
  
  
  _Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data_
  
  
  Ashley, Benedict M.
  
  
  The way toward wisdom : an interdisciplinary and intercultural introduction to
  metaphysics / Benedict M. Ashley.
  
  
  p. cm. — (Thomistic studies)
  
  
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
  
  ISBN-13: 978-0-268-02028-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
  
  ISBN-10: 0-268-02028-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
  
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