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Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2022

Gloria Frost
Gloria Frost
Affiliation:
University of St Thomas, Minnesota
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The introduction explains the significance of the study’s topics, efficient causation and causal powers. It explains why a study on Aquinas’s views of these topics is needed. It also describes the methodology for reconstructing Aquinas’s views and the organization of the book.

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Aquinasefficient causationcausal powerscausalitymetaphysicsnatural philosophy
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Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers , pp. 1 - 8
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Introduction
  • Gloria Frost, University of St Thomas, Minnesota
  • Book: Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers
  • Online publication: 11 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009225403.001
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  • Introduction
  • Gloria Frost, University of St Thomas, Minnesota
  • Book: Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers
  • Online publication: 11 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009225403.001
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  • Introduction
  • Gloria Frost, University of St Thomas, Minnesota
  • Book: Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers
  • Online publication: 11 November 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009225403.001
Available formats
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