The Metaphysics of Creation by Norman Kretzmann Formerly Sage Emeritus Of Philosophy Cornell University New York)

The Metaphysics of Creation by Norman Kretzmann Formerly Sage Emeritus Of Philosophy Cornell University New York)

Kretzmann explores Aquinas's theology of creation, which is natural (or philosophical) in that he developed it without depending on the data of Scripture. Because of the special importance of intellective creatures like us, Aquinas's account of the divine origin and organization of the universe includes ingredients of his philosophy of mind.

Kretzmann's lucid analysis of the arguments, and his patient teasing out of their difficult steps, is a service to the learned world, both theological and philosophical* Anthony Kenny, Times Literary Supplement *
Kretzmann's presentation of this argument is more plausible than any other argument for God's existence of which I am aware. * Anthony Kenny, Times Literary Supplement *
significant ... Throughout, critical remarks and illuminating footnotes abound. * Desmond Paul Henry, British Journal for the History of Philosophy *

Norman Kretzmann, Sage Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Cornell Univerisity, New York, completed this book at the beginning of 1998, and died in the summer of that year. He taught philosophy at Cornell for more than thirty years, and also held appointments at Bryn Mawr College, Ohio State University, and the University of Illinois, and visiting positions at Wayne State University and the Universities of Minnesota, Arizona, and Oxford. This is the follow-up to Professor Kretzmann's 1997 Clarendon Press volume The Metaphysics of Theism: Aquinas's Natural Theology in Summa contra gentiles I. He also published scholarly editions of various medieval texts (by William of Sherwood, William of Ockham, Paul of Venice, and Richard Kilvington), many learned articles and essays, and a number of edited collections. He was the principal editor of The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy (1982), and co-editor with Eleonore Stump of The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas (1993).

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ISBN 13	9780199246540
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Title	The Metaphysics of Creation
Author	Norman Kretzmann Formerly Sage Emeritus Of Philosophy Cornell University New York)
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2001-10-18
Number of pages	498
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