Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction to the Transaction Edition,
by William Marshner

Introduction

I Metaphysics as Creativity
II The Triplex Via and the Transcendence of Esse
III The Concept of Existence and the Structure of Judgment: A Thomistic Paradox
IV The Priority of Judgment over Question: Reflections on Transcendental Thomism
V Existence and Esse
VI Creation as a Relation in St. Thomas Aquinas
VII Reasoning and Computers
VIII The "I" and Aquinas
IX Modern Man's Myth of Self-Identity
X Subject Analysis in the Philosophy of Communications
XI A Meditation on the Dignity of the Human Person Prompted by Saint Thomas Aquinas
XII The Christian Understanding of Being: A Thomistic Reading

Index

About the Author

Frederick D. Wilhelmsen (1923-1996) was a prominent Catholic philosopher, lecturer, and professor. Among his noted works are The Paradoxical Structure of Existence and Christianity and Political Philosophy. William Marshner is professor of theology at Christendom College, USA.