Ontology: Or, The Theory of Being; an Introduction to General Metaphysics

absolute abstract accidental accidents action active power actual existence actus agent aliquid apprehend Aristotle autem beautiful body bonum called causality cognitive conceive concept concrete conscious constitute contingent corporeal substance creatures Descartes determining dicitur Divine duration effect efficient cause enim entity essential eternal evil extrinsic fact faculties final cause finite formal formal cause Hence human mind hypostatic union ideal identical ideo infinite influence intellect intelligible intrinsically possible knowledge latter logical material principle mental merely metaphysics mode modum monism Natural Theology notion ontological truth Pantheism passive potentiality perfection person philosophers physical positive possible essences predicate produce quae qualities quantity question quia quod rational real distinction reality realize reason regard relation revealed scholastic Science of Logic sciences Scotists secundum sicut soul specific spiritual subsisting substantial sunt term Theism things Thomas Thomists tion transcendental ultimate unity universe unum virtual distinction whereby