Ontology, or the Theory of Being
by P. Coffey
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About This Book
It is hoped that the present volume will supply a want that is really felt by students of philosophy in our universities—the want of an English text-book on General Metaphysics from the Scholastic standpoint. It is the author's intention to supplement his Science of Logic1 and the present treatise on Ontology, by a volume on the Theory of Knowledge. Hence no disquisitions on the latter subject will be found in these the Moderate Realism of Aristotle and the Schoolmen is assumed throughout.
Chapters (19)
- Preface.
- General Introduction.
- Chapter I. Being And Its Primary Determinations.
- Chapter II. Becoming And Its Implications.
- Chapter III. Existence And Essence.
- Chapter IV. Reality As One And Manifold.
- Chapter V. Reality And The True.
- Chapter VI. Reality And The Good.
- Chapter VII. Reality And The Beautiful.
- Chapter VIII. The Categories Of Being. Substance And Accident.
- Chapter IX. Nature And Person.
- Chapter X. Some Accident-Modes Of Being: Quality.
- Chapter XI. Quantity, Space And Time.
- Chapter XII. Relation; The Relative And The Absolute.
- Chapter XIII. Causality; Classification Of Causes.
- Chapter XIV. Efficient Causality; Phenomenism And Occasionalism.
- Chapter XV. Final Causes; Universal Order.
- Index.
- Footnotes
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