Critical Theoretical Inquiry on the Notion of Act in the Metaphysics of Aristotle and Saint Thomas Aquinas

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A critical and theoretical analysis of the facts of mutability, reinforced collaterally by the predicability, art, multiplicity, causality, and intelligibility of things, is carried out to show the meaning and the value of being in all things, and in the constitutive principles of their structure. Taking it in the Aristotelian sense of the highest perfection, the theoretical study in this book is the fruit of fifty years of contemplative exercise, «Bios Theoreticos,» which is known as the blissful and beatifying life. This exercise shows that human knowledge is not only a sense-intellective, but also an intellect-sensitive experience. Intellection is based on sensation. Sensation is also based on intellection. For the human being at least, they are the two sides of the same coin. They make each other possible. This study is supplemented with a historical survey and philological semantics in two consecutive chapters. The book is here published in Latin.

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Matthias Lu

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«I found a wealth of lapidary wisdom suffusing the pages of this valuable book styled in the Scholastic tradition and enriching our appreciation for Aristotle and related authors.» (Brendan Kneale, F.S.C., Saint Mary's College)
«In reading this book, one has the good fortune to admire the vitality of Greek and Latin heritage in the inner life of human civilization that transcends barriers of space and time.» (Brother Mel Anderson, F.S.C., President of Saint Mary's College of California)
«The reading of this book would give glory to Jesus, the Lord of History, for his living presence in the human development where the ancient Greek and Latin traditions nourish the deep spiritual roots of humanity in all nations from age to age.» (John P. Schlegel, S.J., President, University of San Francisco)
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