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by: Thomas Aquinas
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 100
EAN: 9781883357610
ISBN: 1883357616
Label: St. Augustines Dumb Ox Books
Manufacturer: St. Augustines Dumb Ox Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 870
Publication Date: November 15, 1995
Publisher: St. Augustines Dumb Ox Books
Sales Rank: 221610
Studio: St. Augustines Dumb Ox Books
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Rating: - What is The Meaning Of Being?
I read this book for a graduate seminar on Aristotle.
Topic of Metaphysics is Ousia=substance and being. What is the meaning of being? With respect to matter and form, it is primarily about form. Analytically both can be separate and distinct, but not in reality. One can analyze matter by potentiality and actuality. Matter can't answer the question of being without form. Some natural things are always a composite of matter and form, it is the answer to the question of what is ousia or ... Read More
Rating: - Another Excellent Work in the Dumb Ox Series
This is a great translation of Aquinas' comments on Aristotle's work titled, "Metaphysics." Ralph McInerny (Notre Dame University) wrote the preface and the work was translated by John P. Rowan. Both men are strong in their field of expertise and both are Thomists. The book is a phrase by phrase/paragraph by paragraph commentary written by Aquinas on Aristotle's actual work. In other words, Aquinas took what Aristotle espoused in his "Metaphysics" and discussed it in great detail. Aquinas was ... Read More
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