Form and being : studies in Thomistic metaphysics / Lawrence Dewan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewan, Lawrence, 1932-

Series:

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 45.

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Thomas, -- Aquinas, Saint, -- 1225?-1274.

Physical Description:

xv, 265 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contains thirteen essays by Lawrence Dewan on metaphysics, the vision of reality from the viewpoint of being.

Contents:

What is metaphysics?

What does it mean to study being "as being"?

St. Thomas and the seed of metaphysics

St. Thomas, physics, and the principle of metaphysics

St. Thomas and the principle of causality

St. Thomas and analogy : the logician and the metaphysician

The importance of substance

St. Thomas, metaphysics, and formal causality

St. Thomas, metaphysical procedure, and the formal cause

St. Thomas, form, and incorruptibility

St. Thomas and the distinction between form and esse in caused things

Nature as a metaphysical object

The individual as a mode of being according to Thomas Aquinas.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-8132-1602-8

OCLC:

646786294