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xi Acknowledgments The contributors wish to acknowledge their debt to the work of Paul Vincent Spade, whose lucid, entertaining, and pioneering scholarship in medieval metaphysics was the inspiration for the plan of this volume. Each essay owes some portion of its range, ideas, and insights to the fact that we have had his work to build on. We wish to thank our anonymous reviewers for their helpful suggestions and comments. The editorial and production teams at Fordham University Press and Westchester Publishing Services have been indispensible as well. In particular, we would like to thank Helen Tartar,Thomas Lay, Eric Newman, and Kathleen Sweeney at Fordham, and Lyndee Stalter and Paul Vincent at Westchester. Their patience as they worked with us on this project is noteworthy , and their assistance has been greatly appreciated. ...

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