Mirabilis Dubitatio: Understanding Formal Production in Thomas Aquinas and Its Role in His Metaphysics of 'Esse'

by Lawrence Joseph Kaiser

Amid the so-called crisis of metaphysicsof the last several hundred years, philosophers in the 20th century re-encountered and began a reappreciation of the mediaeval thought of Thomas Aquinas. This crisis can be traced, at least in part, to modern Western philosophy's rejection of a specifying or formal cause in metaphysical analysis. Drawing from Aristotle of Stagira, Aquinas placed the formal cause on prominent display as the foundation for his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3868382240
• ISBN13: 9783868382242
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Editiones Scholasticae
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.4"