Front matter
Front matter
Aquinas on Matter and Form and the Elements
A Translation and Interpretation of the de Principiis Naturae and the De Mixtione Elementorum of St. Thomas Aquinas by
Joseph Bobik
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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data
Bobik, Joseph, 1927–
Aquinas on matter and form and the elements: a translation and
interpretation of the De principiis naturae and the De mixtione
elementorum of St. Thomas Aquinas/by Joseph Bobik.
p. cm.
Includes index of names and index of subjects.
ISBN O268006539 (cloth; alk. paper). — ISBN 0268020000
(pbk. :alk. paper)
1. Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 1225?–1274. De principiis naturae.
2. Philosophy of nature. 3. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?–1274.
De mixtione elementorum. 4. Matter. I. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint,
1225?–1274. De principiis naturae. II. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint,
1225?–1274. De mixtione elementorum. III. Title.
B765.T53D744. 1997
113—dc21
9726521
CIP
Manufactured in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.481984.
Page v
To Teresa
and the children,
Lucy
Joseph
Teresa Maria Thomas Aquinas
Amy
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