Explorations in Metaphysics: Being--God--Person [Hardcover]

W. Norris Clarke (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (January 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0268006962
• ISBN-13: 978-0268006969
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,784,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, December 27, 2000

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I am interested in Thomistic metaphysics and having read several books I must say that I found this book extremely helpful. Fr Clarke explains the principles of Thomas' thought in an easy to understand fashion and then convincingly applies them to modern thought. What is especially important in this work is Clarkes development of St Thomas' idea of being as a "substance in relation" which be defintion has a communicative value. This theme is stressed often in the book and is useful in having a response to skeptics of knowledge about the material world. Fr Clarke also gives compelling modern versions of Thomas' 5 Ways of arguing for the existence of God. Well done.