Publication

2002-01-22 - Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Word Count

79,500 words, Guess

Page Count

318 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing1485765
  • Goodreads455646

Classifications

  • LCC
  • DDC210/.92
  • LCCBX1749.T7 K74 1997

Description

The Metaphysics of Theism presents an explanation and evaluation of Aquinas's natural theology, the paradigm of which is the first book of the Summa contra gentiles. But in addition to considering this as a monumental achievement of medieval philosophy, Norman Kretzmann approaches it as a continuing enterprise that can be developed with considerable benefit in contemporary philosophy. Professor Kretzmann argues that natural theology offers the most appropriate route by which philosophers can, as philosophers, approach theological propositions, and that the one presented in this book is the best available natural theology.

First Sentence

The book's subtitle-'Aquinas's Natural Theology in Summa contra gentiles I'-may suggest that I'm undertaking a project in philosophical scholarship, developing my critical exposition of a thirteenth-century enterprise.

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  • The Metaphysics of TheismOxford University Press, USA2002-01-22

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