All perfections of things pre-exist in the divine essence yet it is entirely simple without
components. These seemingly opposed attributes of God are reconciled in Questions 3-6 of the
First Part of the Summa theologiae here newly translated and explained in line-by-line detail.
Among topics receiving special attention are Aquinas's doctrine of participation his
conception of God as a subsisting act of being and the distinction and order of
transcendentals such as being goodness and beauty. Intended for advanced undergraduates
graduate students and teachers Aquinas on God's Simplicity and Perfection throws light on the
order of Aquinas's questions addresses difficulties commonly encountered by modern readers
and includes an exhaustive glossary of all technical terms occurring in the Summa's first six
Questions.
