What this domain studies
- Being as the first object of metaphysical inquiry.
- Act and potency as the grammar of change and perfection.
- Essence and existence as the structure of finite beings.
- Substance, accident, causality, participation, and analogy.
Metaphysical grammar
First Principles
Being, act and potency, essence and existence, substance and accident, causality, participation, and analogy give Thomism its basic grammar.
This domain asks what must be true about being, change, composition, and causality before any later domain can be read well. It trains the reader to notice when Aquinas is arguing from act, potency, form, matter, substance, accident, participation, or analogy.
Foundational concepts
Depends on
No prerequisites inside this map.