Abstract

Jules Brady has written a volume that demonstrates a keen understanding of the history of natural theology and an ability to develop original interpretations. After an Introduction, there appear a Preface and a Prologue. Herein Brady outlines the book and introduces some philosophical terms and distinctions that illumine principles basic to Aquinas’s theistic arguments. He also adumbrates in the Prologue his evaluation of Anselm’s argument. The next three chapters contain excerpts from Anselm, Aquinas, and Kant. These texts anchor his subsequent commentary, which constitutes the remaining seven chapters of the book. Because of some confusion in editing or printing, the notes do not correspond with the published chapters, but the reader will have no trouble diagnosing the problem and making the necessary adjustment.