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100 1 $aWilhelmsen, Frederick D.,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Paradoxical Structure of Existence /$cFrederick D. Wilhelmsen ; with a new introduction by James Lehrberger.
264 1 $aLondon :$bRoutledge,$c2017.
300 $a1 online resource (xxx, 142 pages)
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500 $aOriginally published in 1995 by Preserving Christian Publications, Inc. Published 2015 by Transaction Publishers.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"For metaphysicians who have imbibed the sober and inebriating teachings of Thomas Aquinas, existence is an act, the act which makes all things actually to be. As the act of existence makes things to be, essence makes them to be what they are. Essence and the act of existence, in other words, are really distinct yet together they compose each of the things that are. Such an understanding involves a number of paradoxes, and Frederick D. Wilhelmsen's articulation of them reveals his philosophical genius. These paradoxes include the fact that the act of existence does not exist, that it can be thought but not conceived by the mind, and that truths about God can be known while He himself remains absolutely unknown. Wilhelmsen argues the notion that the Christian faith and philosophical reason harmonize while remaining completely distinct from each other. Writing in a captivating style, Wilhelmsen begins with a discussion of the development, strengths, and limitations of the ancient Greek philosophical accounts of being. Following that, he develops such key topics as the problem of existence, St. Thomas Aquinas' understanding of being, critical analyses of Hegel's and Heidegger's doctrines of being, existence as "towards God," and a metaphysical approach to the human person. The final two chapters develop the sense in which metaphysical thinking is and is not shaped by historical and social factors."--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $aChapter 1 The History of Being in Western Civilization: a Résumé -- chapter 2 The Problematic of Existence: a Parenthesis on Metaphysical Methodology -- chapter 3 St. Thomas Aquinas and an Introduction to the Metaphysics of Existence -- chapter 4 Reasoning about Existence -- chapter 5 The Domestication of the Nothing -- chapter 6 Existence as a?Towards God? -- chapter 7 The Human Person: Towards a Metaphysics of the Future -- chapter 8 Existence and History -- chapter 9 The Philosopher and the Myth.
650 0 $aOntology.
650 6 $aOntologie.
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776 08 $iPrint version:$z9781412856126
856 40 $uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio14725604$zTaylor & Francis eBooks
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