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In this volume, the author presents, translates, and offers an interpretation of Aquinas's "De Principiis Naturae" and his "De Mixtione Elementorum". He reflects on what Aquinas says about matter and form and the elements in various contexts and throughout his works.

In Aquinas on Being and Essence: A Translation and Interpretation, Joseph Bobik interprets the doctrines put forth by St. Thomas Aquinas in his treatise On Being and Essence. He foregrounds the meaning of the important distinction between first and second intentions, the differing uses of the term "matter, " and the Thomistic conception of metaphysics.

Presents some straightforward, and unencumbered philosophy, using the words of Thomas Aquinas as a point of departure. In parts one and two of this volume, Joseph Bobik presents, translates, and offers a readily comprehensible interpretation of Aquinas's De Principiis Naturae and his De Mixtione Elementorum.

Jokes, Life after Death, and God has two main tasks: to try to understand exactly what a joke is, and to see whether there are any connections between jokes, on the one hand, and life after death and God, on the other hand. But it pursues other tasks as well, tasks of an ancillary sort. This book devises a general and comprehensive, but brief, theory of jokes. The author begins with critiques of other writers' views on the subject. 1) Ted Cohe...

Interprets the doctrines put forth by St. Thomas Aquinas in his treatise On Being and Essence. Joseph Bobik foregrounds the meaning of the important distinction between first and second intentions, the differing uses of the term "matter, " and the Thomistic conception of metaphysics.

This book does some philosophy of religion. It takes as its point of departure what Aquinas calls divine truth (veritas divina), i.e., the collection of truths revealed to man by God. And it tries to make as clear as possible what Aquinas says about some of these revealed truths. Then it agrees or disagrees with what he says, as needed, for reasons of various sorts, whether philosophical, theological, scientific, historical, etc. -- of whateve...