TY - BOOK AU - Suárez,Francisco AU - Duarte,Shane TI - Metaphysical disputation I: on the nature of first philosophy or metaphysics T2 - Early modern Catholic sources SN - 9780813234038 AV - B785 .M483 2021 KW - Metaphysics KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Intro --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. Life and Works of Francisco Suárez --; 2. The Metaphysical Disputations (DM) and Its Place in the History of Metaphysics --; 3. The Genesis and Structure of the Metaphysical Disputations --; 4. Disputation I: The Nature of Metaphysics --; Remarks on the Latin Text and the English Translation --; Latin Abbreviations --; English Abbreviations --; Latin Text and English Translation --; Reason for, and Survey of, the Entire Work, to the Reader --; Proem to the Metaphysical Disputations; Metaphysical Disputation I: On the Nature of First Philosophy or Metaphysics --; Section 1: What the Object of Metaphysics Is --; Section 2: Whether Metaphysics Is Concerned with All Things according to Their Proper Natures --; Section 3: Whether Metaphysics Is Only One Science --; Section 4: How Many Functions Does This Science Have, What Is Its End, and What Is Its Utility? --; Section 5: Whether Metaphysics Is the Most Perfect Science and True Wisdom --; Section 6: Whether, among All the Sciences, Metaphysics Is Most of All Desired by the Human Being by Means of a Natural Appetite --; Bibliography; 2; b N2 - "A parallel, Latin-English, edition of the first volume of Suárez's renowned treatise on metaphysics, with corrected Latin text and comprehensive annotations"-- UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3021437&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -