We are an intellectual association committed to restoring the philosophic doctrines, didactic principles, and scientific synthesis of the great masters of the classical universities, the Scholastics. We hold Thomas of Aquin to be the paradigm of Scholastic scholars and we apply ourselves to renewing the great scientific tradition forged by his Commentators throughout the centuries.
With a strong emphasis on Logic, the division and subordination of the sciences, and strict methodology, we defend our attention to detail with the axiom: ‘A small error in principle is a large error in conclusion.’
The activities of the ISS consist first and foremost in the construction and maintenance of an educational program to teach traditional Scholastic Thomism. This educational program is the ISS’s fundamental means to promote the revival of Scholasticism and is indispensible to our purpose. For that reason we have created the Sapientis Institute.
