How to read it
- 1Track the meanings of being and substance.
- 2Notice how act and potency ground later theological claims.
- 3Use it slowly alongside De ente et essentia.
Aristotelian commentary
Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics
A major commentary on being, substance, causality, act and potency, and wisdom.
Date
1269-1272
Why it matters
It is one of the best guides to the philosophical grammar behind Aquinas's natural theology.