Helps readers of Pope John Paul II\'s Theology of the Body enter this masterwork with clearer understanding. Part One is a map of John Paul\'s text. Part Two reflects on the breadth of reason in Plato\'s Republic, Aristotle\'s Physics, and the Gospel of John. Part Three shows how this breadth of reason is at work in John Paul\'s dialogue with Thomas Aquinas, John of the Cross, Kant, and Scheler.