This course presents a tour of the pre-papal thought of Pope Saint John Paul II paying particular attention to his philosophical project of linking the subjective and objective world views. It will examine the themes of his dissertations, poetry, lectures as a professor, his contribution to the Second Vatican Council, and his books, placing the theology of the body in the context of his life’s work. Special attention will be paid to his “personalism” and how it informs the entire corpus of his thought.