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Saint Thomas Aquinas on the Existence of God

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30 June 1980

This book puts before the reader a succinct and philosophically valid interpretation of St. Thomas Aquinas' arguments for the existence of God by a modern, historically grounded interpreter of his thought. Father Joseph Owens is well known for the exacting care with which he prepares his articles and the solid scholarly apparatus with which he supports them. His knowledge of Greek, Latin, Aristotelian, as well as the Thomistic corpus is profound, and he is conversant with the various interpretative traditions within Aristotelianism and Thomism in ancient, medieval, and modern times in their appropriate languages. This volume will challenge the reader, yet it includes everything to help comprehend the position of St. Thomas Aquinas on this central issue.


Foreword
Editor's Preface
Acknowledgments
Aquinas as Aristotelian Commentator
Aquinas on Knowing Existence
Judgment and Truth
The Accidental and Essential Character of Being in the Doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas
Diversity and Community of Being in St. Thomas Aquinas
Aquinas and the Five Ways
The Conclusion of the Prima Via
The Starting Point of the Prima Via
Actuality in the Prima Via of St. Thomas
Immobility and Existence for Aquinas
Aquinas on Infinite Regress
Selected Bibliography of Joseph Owens
Notes
Index