title: Thomism and Predestination: Principles and Disputations
author:  Steven A Long 
description: Steven A. Long is a professor of theology at Ave Maria University. Roger W. Nutt is an associate professor of theology at Ave Maria University. Thomas Joseph White, OP is the director of the Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies.
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  MODERN
  THOMISTIC PHILOSOPHY
  
  MODERN
  THOMISTIC PHILOSOPHY
  AN EXPLANATION FOR STUDENTS
  R. P. PHILLIPS, D.D., M.A.,
  Professor of Philosophy, S. John's Seminary, Wonersb
  IN TWO VOLUMES
  Vol. II.
  METAPHYSICS
  Vidit scalam stantem super terram
  et cacumen illius tangent caelum.'
  (Gen. c. 28, v. 12.)
  THE NEWMAN PRESS
  Westminster, Maryland
  1962
  
  Reprinted, 1959
  Reprinted, 1962
  NIHIL OBSTAT:
  Innocentius Apap, S.Th.M., O.P.,
  Censor deputatus.
  IMPRIMATUR:
  >IÂ« Joseph Butt,
  Vicarius generalis.
  Westmonasterii,
  die 22a Julii, 1935.
  All rights reserved
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  PREFATORY NOTE
  The publication of this second volume affords a welcome
  opportunity for grateful acknowledgement of the kind
  reception accorded to the first, and of the many valuable
  suggestions which have been made for its improvement. In
  particular my thanks are due to Fr. G. H. Joyce, S.J., for
  his encouragement and advice; and to Fr. Luke Walker,
  O.P., for his great kindness in reading the MS. of