02026nam a22003374a 4500 ebr10267272 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 051115s2006 dcu sb 001 0 eng 2005033359 0813214610 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780813214610 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)646786294 B21 .S78 vol. 45 B765.T54eb 100 s 189/.4 22 Dewan, Lawrence, 1932- Form and being [electronic resource] : studies in Thomistic metaphysics / Lawrence Dewan. Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2006. xv, 265 p. Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 45 Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and indexes. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 45. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10267272 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 8777 8777