Description: This is the culmination of a systematic metaphysics written by a world-class philosopher, demonstrating the need for a renewal of metaphysics.
Brief description: William Desmond is David Cook Chair in Philosophy at Villanova University and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Institute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He is the author of many books, including Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art and Perplexity and Ultimacy: Metaphysical Thoughts from the Middle, both by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"What I like most about the book is that it is a fully developed, comprehensively argued, philosophical system. There are precious few of these, for reasons Desmond discusses, and here is one, all in one book. Although anticipated in Desmond's earlier books, here is the system fully expressed in Western philosophy. His erudition is exquisite, yet his expositions make this book wonderfully useful for philosophy majors who would be excited to read a philosopher interacting with the figures to which they have been introduced." - Robert C. Neville