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The Metaphysics of Creation
Norman Kretzmann
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Description for The Metaphysics of Creation
hardcover. 'The Metaphysics of Creation' is a continuation of the project Kretzmann began in 'The Metaphysics of Theism'; as before, he not only explains Aquinas's natural theology, but advocates it as the best available to us. Num Pages: 500 pages, references, indexes. BIC Classification: HPCB; HPJ; HRAB; HRCM; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
About Aquinas: St Thomas Aquinas lived from 1224/5 to 1274, mostly in his native Italy but for a time in France. He was the greatest of the medieval philosopher/theologians, and one of the most important of all Western thinkers. His most famous books are the two summaries of his teachings, the Summa contra gentiles and the Summa theologiae. About this book: Norman Kretzmann expounds and criticizes Aquinas's natural theology of creation, which is `natural' (or philosophical) in virtue of Aquinas's having developed it without depending on the data of Scripture. The Metaphysics of Creation is a continuation of ... Read more
About Aquinas: St Thomas Aquinas lived from 1224/5 to 1274, mostly in his native Italy but for a time in France. He was the greatest of the medieval philosopher/theologians, and one of the most important of all Western thinkers. His most famous books are the two summaries of his teachings, the Summa contra gentiles and the Summa theologiae. About this book: Norman Kretzmann expounds and criticizes Aquinas's natural theology of creation, which is `natural' (or philosophical) in virtue of Aquinas's having developed it without depending on the data of Scripture. The Metaphysics of Creation is a continuation of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198237877
SKU
KSG0034668
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Ref
99-1
About Norman Kretzmann
Norman Kretzmann, Susan Linn Sage Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Cornell University, New York, completed this book at the beginning of 1998, and died in the summer of that year. He taught philosophy at Cornell for more than thirty years, and also held appointments at Bryn Mawr College, Ohio State University, and the University of Illinois, and visiting positions at ... Read more
Reviews for The Metaphysics of Creation
Kretzmann does a wonderful job of both conveying Aquinas's thought clearly and cogently, and discussing it in terms of the most advanced and sophisticated work of our contemporaries. He writes furthermore in an excellent philosophical style, at once incisive, unpretentious and pellucid
The Heythrop Journal
Kretzmann's lucid analysis of the arguments, and his patient teasing out of their ... Read more
The Heythrop Journal
Kretzmann's lucid analysis of the arguments, and his patient teasing out of their ... Read more