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Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 part I Truth, Measure, and Virtue 1 A Metaphysics of the Truth of Creation: Foundation of the Desire for God 11 2 Aquinas on Measure 27 3 The Affections and the Life of the Mind 47 part ii Beauty, Order, and Teleology: the Perfection of Man and the Universe 4 Beauty and the Perfection of Being 71 5 Evil, Order, and Providence 94 6 The Experience of Vulnerability and Shame 108 7 On the Good and Glory 122 8 Human Life and the World Transfigured 133 vi  Beauty, Order, and Teleology vi  Contents part iii Goodness and Beauty: Human reason and the True Good 9 The Good and the Beautiful: Why the Nonvirtuous Person Can See the Beauty of a Good Act 147 10 Moral Beauty and Affective Knowledge in Aquinas 181 11 Art, Truth, and Morality: Aesthetic Self-forgetfulness versus Recognition 205 Conclusion 227 Bibliography 235 Index 245 ...

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