The Library
1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1201–1300
2 works
c. 1252–1256
Latin
De Ente et Essentia
Thomas Aquinas · 1225–1274
An early short work distinguishing what a thing is from the fact that it is, and arguing that only in God are essence and existence the same.
c. 1300–1304
Latin
John Duns Scotus · c. 1266–1308
A commentary on the Sentences of extraordinary subtlety, arguing the univocity of being, the primacy of the will, and that Christ would have become incarnate even without the fall.
1501–1600
1 work
1597
Latin
Disputationes Metaphysicae
Francisco Suárez · 1548–1617
The first metaphysics in the West organised by topic rather than as a commentary on Aristotle, covering being, essence, causation, and individuation.
3 of 1780 works