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One important task of metaphysics is to answer the question of what it is for an object to exist. The first part of this book offers a systematic reconstruction and critique of contemporary views on existence. The upshot of this part is that the contemporary debate has reached an impasse because none of the considered views is able to formulate a satisfactory answer to this fundamental metaphysical question. The second part reconstructs Thomas Aquinas’s view on existence (esse) and argues that it contributes a new perspective which allows us to see why the contemporary debate has reached this impasse. It has come to this point because it has taken a premise for granted which Aquinas’s view rejects, namely, that the existence of an object consists in something’s having a property. A decisive contribution of Aquinas’s theory of esse is that it makes use of the ideas of metaphysical participation and composition. In this way, it can be explained how an object can have esse without being the case that esse is a property of it. This book brings together a reconstruction from the history of philosophy with a systematic study on existence and is therefore relevant for scholars interested in contemporary or medieval theories of existence.

Existentialism. --- Christianity and existentialism. --- Aquinas, Thomas. --- Aquinas, Thomas. --- composition. --- existence. --- participation.

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This study examines Thomas Aquinas's contribution to the systematic field of animal philosophy. It applies various models from the current philosophical debate (especially from that concerning the mind of animals) as interpretative aids to tap the potential of the Thomistic approach. Thomas draws a clear line of demarcation between animals and human beings (= anthropological difference). However, he also considers it important to work out the similarities between humans and animals, insofar as they are both so-called animalia, i.e., living beings possessing senses (= animal conformance). His philosophical deliberations concerning animals have a methodological function as well, namely to highlight the distinct capacities of human beings. Thus, for Thomas, the reflection on animals is a key instrument in dealing with anthropological questions.

Animals (Philosophy) --- Animaux (Philosophie) --- Thomas, --- Human-animal relationships --- Relations homme-animal --- Thomas Aquinas --- Thomas d'Aquin --- Thomas van Aquino --- Thomas von Aquin --- Aquinas, Thomas --- d'Aquin, Thomas

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Aesthetics --- Thomas Aquinas --- Aesthetics [Medieval ] --- Esthetica [Middeleeuwse ] --- Esthétique médiévale --- Medieval aesthetics --- Middeleeuwse esthetica --- Aesthetics, Medieval --- Thomas, --- Esthétique --- Aesthetics, Medieval. --- 82.01 --- Esthetica --- Thomas Aquinas, Saint --- -Aesthetics --- 82.01 Esthetica --- Esthétique médiévale --- Esthétique --- Akʻvineli, Tʻoma, --- Akvinietis, Tomas, --- Akvinskiĭ, Foma, --- Aquinas, --- Aquinas, Thomas, --- Foma, --- Thomas Aquinas, --- Tʻoma, --- Toma, --- Tomas, --- Tomasu, --- Tomasu, Akwinasu, --- Tomasz, --- Tommaso, --- Tʻovma, --- Тома, Аквінський, --- תומאס, --- תומס, --- اكويني ، توما --- Aesthetics. --- Contributions in aesthetics --- Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 - Contributions in aesthetics. --- Ākvīnās, Tūmās, --- اكويني، توما, --- آکويناس، توماس, --- Thomas d'Aquin --- Thomas van Aquino --- Thomas von Aquin --- Aquinas, Thomas --- d'Aquin, Thomas

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The book is a systematic study of the issue of self-individuation in the scholastic debate on principles of individuation (principia individuationis). The point of departure is a general formulation of the problem of individuation acceptable for all the participants of the scholastic debate: a principle of individuation of x is what makes x individual (in various possible senses of ‘making something individual’). The book argues against a prima facie plausible view that everything that is individual is individual by itself and not by anything distinct from it (Strong Self-Individuation Thesis). The keynote topic of the book is a detailed analysis of the two competing ways of rejecting the Strong Self-Individuation Thesis: the Scotistic and the Thomistic one. The book defends the latter one, discussing a number of issues concerning substantial and accidental forms, essences, properties, instantiation, the Thomistic notion of materia signata, Frege’s Begriff-Gegenstand distinction, and Geach’s form-function analogy developed in his writings on Aquinas. In the context of both the scholastic and contemporary metaphysics, the book offers a framework for dealing with issues of individuality and defends a Thomistic theory of individuation.

Individuation (Philosophy) --- Scholasticism. --- Theology, Scholastic --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Individuals (Philosophy) --- Individuation --- Particulars (Philosophy) --- Haecceity (Philosophy) --- Thomas, --- Duns Scotus, John, --- Duns, Jean, --- Duns, Joannes, --- Duns, Johannes, --- Duns, --- Duns Scoto, Giovanni, --- Duns Scoto, Juan, --- Duns Scotus, J. --- Duns Scotus, Johannes, --- Duns Skot, Ioann, --- Duns Szkot, Jan, --- Ioannes Duns, --- Joannes Duns, --- Scot, Jean Duns, --- Scoto, Juan Duns, --- Scotus, Joannes Duns, --- Scotus, John Duns, --- Skotus, Johannes Duns, --- Дунс Скот, Иоанн, --- Akʻvineli, Tʻoma, --- Akvinietis, Tomas, --- Akvinskiĭ, Foma, --- Aquinas, --- Aquinas, Thomas, --- Foma, --- Thomas Aquinas, --- Tʻoma, --- Toma, --- Tomas, --- Tomasu, --- Tomasu, Akwinasu, --- Tomasz, --- Tommaso, --- Tʻovma, --- Тома, Аквінський, --- תומאס, --- תומס, --- اكويني ، توما --- Aquinas, Thomas. --- Duns Scotus, John. --- principle of individuation. --- Ākvīnās, Tūmās, --- اكويني، توما, --- آکويناس، توماس,

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Thomas Aquinas --- Ethics, Medieval. --- Medieval ethics --- Thomas, --- Akʻvineli, Tʻoma, --- Akvinietis, Tomas, --- Akvinskiĭ, Foma, --- Aquinas, --- Aquinas, Thomas, --- Foma, --- Thomas Aquinas, --- Tʻoma, --- Toma, --- Tomas, --- Tomasu, --- Tomasu, Akwinasu, --- Tomasz, --- Tommaso, --- Tʻovma, --- Тома, Аквінський, --- תומאס, --- תומס, --- اكويني ، توما --- Ethics, Medieval --- Ākvīnās, Tūmās, --- اكويني، توما, --- آکويناس، توماس,