Natural Theology
The Metaphysics of God
Published on 19. May 2020
175 pages
978-1-83974-518-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this book my sole aim is to present clearly and succinctly for students some central arguments and truths about God in so far as He is known to us in the light of reason. This pedagogical purpose dictates a great deal of compression, lest the student be lost in a labyrinth of dialectical and historical discussion, however important that may be in itself. But compression need not mean oversimplification. It does mean condensing, abridging, epitomizing. This has been done deliberately, in the interest of the student.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- DEDICATION
- Preface
- Note on Readings and Bibliography
- Abbreviations
- PART ONE-The Existence of God
- CHAPTER I-Prolegomena
- READINGS
- CHAPTER II-Arguments in Proof of God's Existence
- Appendix to Chapter II-THE FIVE WAYS OF ST. THOMAS (ST, I, q. 2, a. 3)
- READINGS
- PART TWO-The Nature of God, or: The Manner of His Existence
- CHAPTER III-Entitative Attributes of God: Names Signifying His Being
- CHAPTER IV-The Operative Attributes of God
- Bibliography
- A. Ancient and Medieval
- B. Early Modern
- C. Late Modern and Contemporary
- APPENDIX
- Note on the Relation Between Revealed Theology and Metaphysics
