172 Pages
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Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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For metaphysicians who have imbibed the sober and inebriating teachings of Thomas Aquinas, existence is an act, the act which makes all things actually to be. As the act of existence makes things to be, essence makes them to be what they are. Essence and the act of existence, in other words, are really distinct yet together they compose each of the things that are. Such an understanding involves... Read more
Foreword, Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Introduction, 1 The History of Being in Western Civilization: a Résumé, 2 The Problematic of Existence: a Parenthesis on Metaphysical Methodology, 3 St. Thomas Aquinas and an Introduction to the Metaphysics of Existence, 4 Reasoning about Existence, 5 The Domestication of the Nothing, 6 Existence as a “Towards God”, 7 The Human Person: Towards a Metaphysics of the Future, 8 Existence and History, 9 The Philosopher and the Myth, Index
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Frederick D. Wilhelmsen
