General Metaphysics

In this introduction to metaphysics, Joseph Rickaby explores this branch of philosophy in the following chapters: • Being, and the Ideas Most Closely Connected with Being • Nature and Need of Metaphysics • The Notion of Being • Essence and Existence • Three Attributes of Being: Unity, Truth, and Goodness • The Possibilities of Being • The Finite and the Infinite in Being • Explanation of Some Notions Next in Point of Generality to Transcendental Being • Substance and Accident • Substance as Hypostasis and Personality • Causality • Relation, Space, and Time