St. Thomas, Siger de Brabant, St. Bonaventure: On the Eternity of the World

This volume makes available in English translation the works of St. Thomas Aquinas and Siger of Brabant entitled On the Eternity of the World as well as a few texts on the topic from various works of St. Bonaventure. If the order of presentation were chronological it would probably be St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas, and then the work of Siger. Since, however, the translation of St. Thomas' De Aeternitate Mundi contra munnurantes, as well as other texts on this subject by Fr. C. Vollert, S.J., is preceded by an excellent and extensive introduction to the whole problem, the translators have decided to lead off with this work. This is followed by L. H. Kendzierski's introduction to and translation of Siger of Brabant's De Aeternitate Mundi. Finally, there is appended a translation of texts from various works of St. Bonaventure, inevitably lifted out of a complexly interwoven context, together with a brief introduction by P. M. Byrne. Readers will find this a valuable and indispensable work.