Week 4 Course Material

Course Slides and Readings

Before the fourth session, please read:

• Chapters one, two, and four of De ente et essentia by Thomas Aquinas. Link to text here.

• Section six, "Essence and esse," pages 99-107 in "Metaphysics" by John Wippel, in The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas. Link to article here and here.

Further Reading

Optional reading:

• The remaining chapters of De ente et essentia.

• Chapter five, "Essence and existence in the De ente et essentia, ch. 4," and chapter six, "Essence and existence in other writings," pages 107-61 in Metaphysical Themes in Thomas Aquinas, vol. 1, by John Wippel. Link to text here and here.