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The role of the existential dimension in metaphysics still calls for penetrating study. In its new extension 'an epistemology which is not a re-presentationalism, ' Fr. Sweeney's project augurs a coming to grips with the central issue at stake, especially in its fifth and tenth chapters. -- J. Owens, CSsR, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto The first edition of this book first got me interested in and led me to fall in love with philosophy, and I have appreciated that very much through the years. It is a textbook written by an excellent scholar and an excellent teacher -- a combination that makes the book both profound and approachable. -- Roland J. Teske, SJ, Marquette University A textbook of rare scholarly merit. . . . It is a systematic philosophical exposition of Thomistic or Gilsonian existentialism. . . . The key doctrines of the primacy of existence over essence . . . the four causes, the categories, analogy, the transcendentals, etc. . . . are all here expounded with force and clarity and defended cogently. -- Henry Veatch, Georgetown University

The role of the existential dimension in metaphysics still calls for penetrating study. In its new extension 'an epistemology which is not a re-presentationalism, ' Fr. Sweeney's project augurs a coming to grips with the central issue at stake, especially in its fifth and tenth chapters. -- J. Owens, CSsR, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto The first edition of this book first got me interested in and led me to fall in love with philosophy, and I have appreciated that very much through the years. It is a textbook written by an excellent scholar and an excellent teacher -- a combination that makes the book both profound and approachable. -- Roland J. Teske, SJ, Marquette University A textbook of rare scholarly merit. . . . It is a systematic philosophical exposition of Thomistic or Gilsonian existentialism. . . . The key doctrines of the primacy of existence over essence . . . the four causes, the categories, analogy, the transcendentals, etc. . . . are all here expounded with force and clarity and defended cogently. -- Henry Veatch, Georgetown University

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Leo Sweeney, SJ, served as Research Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University in Chicago. He received his MA from St. Louis University and his PhD from the University of Toronto. Sweeney authored numerous other books and articles in scholarly journals and was the editor of 'Infinity' and four other volumes. William J. Carroll (MA and PhD, Catholic University of America) is President of Benedictine University. John J. Furlong (MA and PhD, Catholic University of America) is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University.

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