PHIL 921 Aquinas on Categories of Being
This course will focus on Aquinas's metaphysical views regarding the ten categories of being that were first identified by Aristotle. After a brief overview of Aristotle's treatment of these categories, the course will examine Aquinas's account of their derivation and of their status as analogous modes of being. It will then proceed to consider, to varying degrees, his treatment of each of the ten categories. Some familiarity both with Latin and with Aquinas's metaphysics is recommended but not required.