PHIL 730 The Metaphysics of Creation in Aquinas's De Potentia
A consideration of Aquinas's metaphysical doctrine of creation as it is presented in his work Quaestiones disputatae De potentia. In addition to addressing what Aquinas means by 'creation', this course will examine such topics as how a multiplicity of things can be caused by one first principle, whether God creates freely or of necessity, and whether God alone can create. Some familiarity with both Latin and Aquinas's metaphysics is recommended for this course, although neither is required.