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Overview
In this powerfully argued book, Knasas engages a debate at the heart of the revival of Thomistic thought in the twentieth century. Richly detailed and illuminating, his book calls on the tradition established by Gilson, Maritain, and Owen, to build a case for Existential Thomism as a valid metaphysics.Being and Some Twentieth-Century Thomists is a comprehensive discussion of the major issues and controversies in neo-Thomism, including issues of mind, knowledge, the human subject, free will, nature, grace, and the act of being. Knasas also discusses the Transcendental Thomism of Marchal, Rahner, Lonergan, and others as he builds a carefully articulated case for completing the Thomist revival.
Synopsis
In his first chapter, Knasas (philosophy, U. of St. Thomas, Houston) describes Existential Thomism, a species of Neo-Thomism that is built up from extra-mental reality as presented in the data of sensible experience. He defends the continued vitality of the approach found in the writings of Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Joseph Owens. The core concept is the act of being, Thomas of Aquinas' actus essendi. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
January 1, 2003
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pages
340
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780823222483