The Discovery of Being and Thomas Aquinas

"Gathers some of our best Thomistic scholars (and some promising younger scholars) in one volume on a relatively well-defined set of issues."—Patrick Toner, Wake Forest University

"An excellent contribution to the current revival of interest in Aristotelian-Thomistic metaphysics and one that treats issues to which that revival has so far given insufficient attention."—Edward Feser , Pasadena City College

"If it ever was true, as some commentators have said, that interest in Thomism has declined in recent years, this magnificent collection displays the mature scholarship that exists currently in North American universities: lucidly written, thoroughly documented, the product of years of sustained research and deep personal engagement with themes of central and permanent significance in the thought of Thomas Aquinas, these essays each demand and deserve frequent re-reading."—Fergus Kerr, OP, FRSE, University of Oxford

"This excellent volume thematizes the surpassing significance of the centrality of Being in the thought of Thomas Aquinas and demonstrates its ongoing relevance for philosophy and theology. Substantial and splendidly argued chapters attend to the foundations of metaphysics and subsequently to the rich philosophical and theological perspectives that open up in light of the discovery of Being. This volume is a 'must read' for every student of Thomas Aquinas, the metaphysics of being, and philosophical theology. I most warmly commend this substantive contribution to the ongoing reception of the central intuition of Thomas Aquinas's philosophy—the discovery of Being."—Reinhard Hütter, author of Bound for Beatitude: A Thomistic Study in Eschatology and Ethics and Aquinas on Transubstantiation: The Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist (both CUA Press)