Form and being : studies in Thomistic metaphysics / Lawrence Dewan.

Author/creator Dewan, Lawrence
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxv, 265 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesStudies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 45
Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 45. ^A61641
Contents What is metaphysics? -- What does it mean to study being "as being"? -- St. Thomas and the seed of metaphysics -- St. Thomas, physics, and the principle of metaphysics -- St. Thomas and the principle of causality -- St. Thomas and analogy : the logician and the metaphysician -- The importance of substance -- St. Thomas, metaphysics, and formal causality -- St. Thomas, metaphysical procedure, and the formal cause -- St. Thomas, form, and incorruptibility -- St. Thomas and the distinction between form and esse in caused things -- Nature as a metaphysical object -- The individual as a mode of being according to Thomas Aquinas.
Local noteFOR JOYNER LIBRARY HOLDINGS OF THE SERIES, STUDIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY, SEARCH BY CALL NUMBER B21 .S78.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and indexes.
LCCN 2005033359
ISBN0813214610 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813214610