The metaphysical thought of Thomas Aquinas :from finite being to uncreated being /John F. Wippel.
Description
Aquinas on the nature of metaphysics -- Our discovery of the subject of metaphysics -- The problem of Parmenides and analogy of being -- Participation and the problem of the one and the many -- Essence-esse composition and the one and the many -- Relative nonbeing and the one and the many -- Substance-accident composition -- Substance, accidents, and esse -- Prime matter and substantial form -- Argumentation for Gods' existence (introductory remarks) -- Argumentation for God's existence in earlier writings -- The five ways -- Quidditative knowledge of God and analogical knowledge.
xxvii, 630 p. ;25 cm.