Life is more than a metaphor

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	• Aquinas and Analogy Ralph M. McInerny Catholic University of America Press, 1999 - 169 pages view larger image
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Life is more than a metaphor

I found the book clear enough. To those with an honest desire to understand reality on a sounder basis than many contemporary philosophies allow,I highly recommend this book.To those who want live in a well paid soft focus world I commend the previous reviewers

Out on a Limb

I think that few thomistic scholar's will go so far out on a limb as McInerny has in making analogy a purely logical doctrine. Perhaps that is why De Konninck chose to refer to the work as "unique" (feint praise if I ever heard it). The question then seems to be: If analogy is a purely logical doctrine, why would Aquinas spend so much time considering predicates that are analogous to both God and creatures? And what foundation would their be to this purely logical doctrine in things themselves? The previous reviewer seems to have overlooked these questions. We might have expected some kind of answer to them from the author, rather than a mere dismissal of Thomas de Vio and a reconstruction de novo of Aquinas' entire metaphysical doctrine...

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An intelligible and accessible discussion about analogy and Aquinas's treatment of the subject. In this book, Ralph McInerny explores Cardinal Cajetan's treatise on analogy and uncovers Cajetan's serious but influential misreading of Thomas on the subject. In addition to his critique of Cajetan, McInerny provides an enlightening account of what Thomas means by analogous names.