Ens primum cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the tradition : the philosophy of being as first known Kemple, Brian A 2017 Value inquiry book series ( Serie ) Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Rodopi 9789004352568 Abstract

In Ens Primum Cognitum, Brian Kemple examines the meaning of Thomas Aquinas’ claim that “being” is the first object of the intellect and proposes an interpretation with dramatic consequences for Thomistic epistemology and metaphysics.