Nicolas (Nicholas, Nicolaus) Bonet (c.1280 – 1343) was a Friar Minor, philosopher, theologian, missionary and bishop of Malta.
Bonet took part in the heated dispute concerning John XXII's view on the beatific vision which was finally settled by the decree of his successor, Benedict XII, "Benedictus Deus".
[2] Bonet did not join the mission himself, because he was consecrated Bishop of Malta by Pope Clement VI on November 27, 1342.
Older histories mention some other works, including a treatise on the formal distinction and his commentary on Peter Lombard's Sentences.
It has therefore been argued that Nicolas's Metaphysica was the first systematic treatise on metaphysics, preceding Francisco Suárez by multiple centuries.