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This enlightening study examines the relationship between being and God in Aristotle and Heidegger. Focusing on the methodology of each thinker, Catriona Hanley contrasts their beliefs on the infinite or finite nature of being, and on GodOs role therein. The author also offers suggestions of how modern thinkers might rethink the relation of the finite to the infinite, based on the work of these two philosophers. Being and God in Aristotle and Heidegger is a valuable book for philosophers of religion.

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This book is a tour de force that contrasts Aristotle's eternal, theoretical ontology of actuality with Heidegger's finite, protopractical ontology of unique possibility from methodology to theological concretion. -- Theodore J. Kisiel, Northern Illinois University A substantive contribution to the literature both as historical research and as a conceptual-comparative study. I expect this original and carefully crafted text to stir much debate within philosophical circles both continental and classical. -- Thomas Sheehan, Stanford University An excellent work of scholarship, remarkable both for its originality and its importance in broaching a topic much in need of exploration in philosophy. It is carefully and thoroughly researched; well-structured and methodologically sound, it genuinely contributes new insights to the field. -- Adriaan T. Peperzak, Arthur J. Schmitt Chair in Philosophy, Loyola University of Chicago

A substantive contribution to the literature both as historical research and as a conceptual-comparative study. I expect this original and carefully crafted text to stir much debate within philosophical circles both continental and classical.--Sheehan, Thomas

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Catriona Hanley is assistant professor of philosophy at Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland.

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