The Antecedents of Being An Analysis of the Concept de Nihilo in the Philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Study in Thomistic Metaphysics |
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| Author:
| O'Brien, Mary Consilia |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4982-9486-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | Wipf & Stock Publishers
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| Imprint: | Wipf and Stock |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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"Being and non-being are infinitely separated, Saint Thomas tells us. And it is precisely somewhere between the extremes of these two notions that we must seek the antecedents of being [ . . . ] Being in all its latitude is a vast field for investigation and on worthy of the many works written on the subject of metaphysics, that science which has for its object ens qua ens. The limits of a doctoral dissertation are necessarily restricted to the solution of a specific problem with its...
More Description"Being and non-being are infinitely separated, Saint Thomas tells us. And it is precisely somewhere between the extremes of these two notions that we must seek the antecedents of being [ . . . ] Being in all its latitude is a vast field for investigation and on worthy of the many works written on the subject of metaphysics, that science which has for its object ens qua ens. The limits of a doctoral dissertation are necessarily restricted to the solution of a specific problem with its entanglement of implications and applications. This dissertation is no exception, and its specific problem is to determine the antecedents of being."--From the introduction