54 John of Salisbury

John of Salisbury

We shall become acquainted here with John of Salisbury, who belonged to one of the most important schools of philosophy and theology of the Middle Ages, that of the Cathedral of Chartres in France. Like the theologians of whom I have spoken in the past few chapters, John too helps us understand that faith, in harmony with the just aspirations of reason, impels thought toward the revealed truth in which is found the
true good of the human being…

Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI