PrefaceIntroductionThe problem of Human EssenceNatura Naturans and Natura NaturataEternity as the Existence of God and the Derivation of DurationCausa Sui: Divine Causality as Freedom and determinismOntological Fullness of Being and the denial of Final Cause: the Meaning of PerfectionThe Multiplicity of God and the Multiplicity of SenseKinds of KnowledgeFreedom as Ontic LimitFlux and Strife: the Ethcial Implications of the One and the ManyThat Which is CommonEssence and ImmortalityConclusionNotes BibliographyIndex