Summa metaphysicae ad mentem Sancti Thomae: Essays in Honor of John F. Wippel (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813237270 ISBN 13: 9780813237275

Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press, 2024

Synopsis

This volume is a tribute to Fr. John F. Wippel. Following the philosophical order that Aquinas might have adopted "had he chosen to write a Summa metaphysicae"―an order that Wippel himself lays out in his Metaphysical Thought of Thomas Aquinas―these essays unfold new research on some of the most intriguing topics in Aquinas's metaphysics, from the most recent generation of scholars formed by Wippel's pioneering work.

The contributors address the discovery of being qua being via separation (Gregory T. Doolan), propter quid metaphysical demonstrations (Philip Neri Reese), the origins of the controversies about the real distinction between essence and esse (Mark Gossiaux), a defense of essence-realism as a key to the real distinction (David Twetten), the relationship of likeness and agency (Therese Scarpelli Cory), created form as act and potency (Stephen Brock), the variation of accidental forms (Gloria Frost), the possibility of angelic judgment (Francis Feingold), argumentation for the existence of God (Gaven Kerr), the propriety of "Qui Est" as a Divine Name (Brian Carl), 'Beauty' as a Divine Name (Michael Rubin), and God's application of creaturely powers to action (Jason Mitchell).

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About the Author

Therese Scarpelli Cory is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Gregory T. Doolan is associate professor of philosophy at The Catholic University of America.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813237270
• ISBN 13: 9780813237275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 500
• Editor: Cory Therese Scarpelli, Doolan Gregory T.