Analogia Entis: On the Analogy of Being, Metaphysics, and the Act of Faith

The Following Work Has Been Inspired By The Conviction That A Generation And More Of Historically Nuanced And Profound Contemplation Of The Metaphysics And Theology Of Thomas Aquinas Nonetheless Has Managed, In The Density Of The Historical Foliage, To Mislay Central Doctrinal Tenets Of Teh Angelic Doctor....in Particular, Those That Concern The Intrinsic Analogicity Of Being As Divided By Act And Potency, An Analogical Division That Is The Foundation Both For The Doctrine Of Participation And For The Causal Demonstrations Proving The Truth Of The Proposition That God Exists.--introduction, P. 1. First Principles And The Challenge Of Parmenidean Monism -- St. Thomas On Analogia Entis In The Scriptum Super Sententiis And In De Veritate -- Consideration Of Objections To The View That The Analogia Entis Is The Analogy Of Proper Proportionality -- The Analogy Of Being And The Transcendence And Analogical Intelligibility Of The Act Of Faith -- Appendix. A (very) Few Words Regarding Metaphysics, Separatio, And Abstractio. By Steven A. Long. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.