Being and Predication: Thomistic Interpretations (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, Volume 16)

Brings together articles that influenced the scholarly work of Ralph McInerny. Contents 6 Preface 8 Acknowledgments 12 1. St. Thomas Aquinas: An Overview 14 2. Beyond the Liberal Arts 38 3. The Prime Mover and the Order of Learning 62 4. Ontology and Theology in the Metaphysics of Aristotle 72 5. Thomas on Book Delta of the Metaphysics 80 6. Ultimate End in Aristotle 92 7. Boethius and St. Thomas Aquinas 102 8. Albertus Magnus on Universals 128 9. Albert and Thomas on Theology 144 10. St. Bonaventure and St. Thomas 156 11. Scotus and Univocity 172 12. A Note on Thomistic Existentialism 178 13. Being and Predication 186 14. Esse ut Actus Intensivus 242 15. Philosophizing in Faith 250 16. On Behalf of Natural Theology 260 17. Can God Be Named by Us? 272 18. The Analogy of Names Is a Logical Doctrine 292 19. Apropos of Art and Connaturality 300 20. Maritain and Poetic Knowledge 316 Index of Names and Topics 328 Index of Texts of St. Thomas Aquinas 334