Gaven Kerr, O.P., On Creation with Its Philosophical Corollaries

David Burrell

doi:10.18290/rf.2019.67.4-9

David Burrell University of Notre Dame https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6117-386X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf.2019.67.4-9

Keywords: Aquinas’ metaphysics of creation, esse, essentia, esse tantum

Abstract

Author endorses the study by Gaven Kerr, O.P., for the way it shows the centrality of Aquinas’ metaphysics of creation: showcasing the ‘real distinction’ between esse and essentia, followed by Aquinas’ unique treatment of each, as well as a deep consideration of esse tantum. At the end he states the ‘proof’ which Gaven Kerr has articulated so deftly reflects the manner in which the Creator ‘appears’ in creation, thereby ‘showing’ what cannot be ‘said’ (Wittgenstein).

Author Biography

David Burrell, University of Notre Dame

David Burrell, C.S.C.—Hesburgh Professor emeritus, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

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Kerr, Gaven, O.P. Aquinas’s Way to God: The Proof in De Ente et Essentia. Oxford University Press, 2015.

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