Explorations In Metaphysics: Being-God-Person

by W. Norris Clarke S.J.

Overview

The overall spirit that permeates this volume is Clarke's firm conviction that the philosophical thought of St. Thomas Aquinas is an inexhaustibly rich and profound resource, and his purpose is to share this conviction with contemporary philosophers. In so doing Clarke both reflects and triggers significant new directions in contemporary Thomistic thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268006976
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	01/28/1994
Series:	Series in Financial Economics and
Edition description:	1
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

W. Norris Clarke, S.J., is professor emeritus of philosophy at Fordham University and is the author of The One and the Many (University of Notre Dame Press., 1994).

Editorial Reviews

“This collection of ten essays from the philosophical journeys of Fr. Norris Clarke, S.J. . . . covers the familiar metaphysical territory of being, God, and person, but each time the traveler insists on looking at the same subjects with fresh eyes. He is anxious to identify within those timeless truths emphasized by Thomistic metaphysics what it is that needs special emphasis to be correctly understood in light of present day philosophical terminology and the current matrix of philosophical concerns.”

American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly

“. . . This volume offers contemporary Catholic philosophy at its best.”

First Things

“This . . . is a welcome resource to 'Thomistically inspired' metaphysicians. Revised in part to include [Clarke's] latest insights and published with an illuminating autobiographical introduction to his philosophical thought, these essays have lost nothing of their original vigor, clarity, and relevance. . . . [Clarke] offers an insightful, challenging, and eminently readable book, one that should awaken its readers to 'the seminal riches in St. Thomas' metaphysical thought' and help them continue [his] own work of 'creative completion.'”

Theological Studies