The Metaphysics of Creation: Aquinas's Natural Theology in Summa Contra Gentiles II

by Norman Kretzmann

Norman Kretzmann expounds and criticizes St. Thomas Aquinas's natural theology of creation, which is `natural' (or philosophical) in virtue of Aquinas's having developed it without depending on the data of Scripture. The Metaphysics of Creation is a continuation of the project Kretzmann began in The Metaphysics of Theism , moving the focus from the first to the second book of Aquinas's Summa contra gentiles .

Genres: Philosophy

498 pages, Paperback

First published June 17, 1999

Reviews

[Joshua Maier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only read the first few chapters:

It's a fine piece of scholarship, but it's a bit too analytical for my taste. I would have prefered more of a historical presentation, but a lot of the times the author is evaluating Aquinas by modern philosophical standards. Again, not bad, but not excellent.

[Noah Lykins · Rating 5 out of 5]

more thoughts to come later on this one