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Living with God: Thomas Aquinas on the Relation between Life on Earth and ‘Life’ after Death by Carlo Leget (review)

down in fleshing out the precise meaning of the doctrines of earlier figures such as Plotinus and Pseudo-Dionysius that the main object of study is temporarily lost from view; shorter sketches of the historical background would probably have sufficed, even if at times questionable interpretations would have to be taken on matters controversial among specialists working in ancient philosophy. Furthermore, a strictly chronological order of presentation would probably have improved the clarity of the treatment since Aristotle's views had to be referred to extensively prior to their formal study in the fourth chapter. On the other hand, much more could, and should, have been made of the impact of near-contemporaries and contemporaries on Aquinas's thought; St. Bonaventure, for example, is doubtless one of the contemporary theologians with whom Thomas is in dialogue in the Sentences commentary and elsewhere, yet Bonaventure is mentioned only in passing. But, despite its faults, Boland's book remains a solid achievement. It gathers together a wealth of material, both secondary and primary, dealing with divine ideas in Aquinas and the doctrinal tradition leading to him. Any future scholar treating of the topic of divine ideas will, doubtless, benefit enormously from the study of Boland's treatment of the problems involved and his impressive command of the relevant primary literature.