Aquinas on the Divine Ideas as Exemplar Causes

"[Doolan] canvasses Aquinas' works thoroughly, explicitly highlighting ideas as exemplar causes, their very existence and their multiplicity, before identifying exemplar ideas, along with the causality proper to them, to finally broach the ways Aquinas uses divine ideas to elucidate his critical strategy of participation. Daunting metaphysical issues all, and those who are drawn to explore them will find a virtual roadmap for Aquinas' treatment in this well-composed study. . . . [A] first step to any student attempting to negotiate these metaphysical shoals." -- David Burrell, C.S.C., Nova et Vetera