1st Edition

The Metaphysics of Love

By Frederick D. Wilhelmsen Copyright 2016
148 Pages
by Routledge

147 Pages
by Routledge

147 Pages
by Routledge

The Metaphysics of Love develops the existential metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas, applying it to explore the ontological structure of the human person. Published first in 1962, this book demonstrates the fertility of Thomistic metaphysics and the enduring influence of Thomism on Western philosophy. It uncovers the ecstatic structure of human existence, in dialogue with philosophers ranging... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction, Edition, by Patrick Lee, Preface, Acknowledgments, I Tragedy, Ecstasy, and History, II Being as Ecstasy in Contemporary, III Non-Being, Power, and Love

Biography

Frederick D. Wilhelmsen