The Metaphysics of Love: Reality as the Way to Life (New Old)

Why has the world lost sight of reality? Who can lead us back to it? The Metaphysics of Love turns to the masters for help.

Part I of this book lays down fundamentals by mining the depths of Greek genius and Scholastic wisdom to discover the structure of reality. Their insights include the staggering Trinitarian traces to be found in even the smallest of creatures, and the unexpectedly solid harmony of the one, true, good and beautiful . For men hungry for reality, the Gospel raised civilisation while metaphysics laid out the natural foundation for it. Yet both natural and supernatural truth have endured increasingly open assault since the Reformation, until we have crashed into a world where the public square is dominated by anti-reality lies, terminating in transhumanism.

Having presented reality as the way to life , next Part II takes a hard look at the systemisation of evil. It is not easy to face the blasphemies and literal hatred of being, but happily the total collapse of evil is a metaphysical and theological necessity.

In closing, Part III examines what love means for man: how immortal spirits may really unite to dwell reciprocally within one another. In Christ, the life of grace leads to the beatific vision, our approach to Heaven begun now on Earth, through understanding and loving as mutual, spiritual indwelling . It is for this that we have a mind and a will — a head and a heart. Through His Incarnation, Jesus Christ unites contingent being, including us, with necessary being, God. He calls rational creatures to enter the greatest conceivable reality, being of immense scope, drawing people from around the world, throughout the centuries, to live true life with the Triune God and all the angels and saints.

Being has one, living source. Metaphysics does not dissolve mysteries; it brings them into focus, most notably the Blessed Trinity, the Holy Eucharist and love itself.

Aristotelean-Thomistic Realism helps us to choose life .