A metaphysics of the truth of creation: foundation of the desire for God -- Aquinas on measure -- The affections and the life of the mind -- Beauty and the perfection of being -- Evil, order, and providence -- The experience of vulnerability and shame -- On the good and glory -- Human life and the world transfigured -- The good and the beautiful: why the nonvirtuous person can see the beauty of a good act -- Moral beauty and affective knowledge in Aquinas -- Art, truth, and morality: aesthetic self-forgetfulness versus recognition.