Pseudo-Dionysius And the Metaphysics of Aquinas - Couverture souple

O'Rourke, Fran

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0268037248 ISBN 13 : 9780268037246

Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2005

Synopsis

Although Pseudo-Dionysius was, after Aristotle, the author whom Thomas Aquinas quoted most frequently, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the role of this Neoplatonist thinker in the formation of Aquinas' philosophy. Fran O'Rourke's book is the only available work that investigates the pervasive influence of Pseudo-Dionysius on Aquinas, while at the same time examining the latter's profound originality.

Central themes discussed by O'Rourke include knowledge of the absolute, existence as the first and most universal perfection, the diffusion of creation, the hierarchy of creatures, and their return to God as final end. O'Rourke devotes special attention to the Neoplatonist element in Aquinas' notion of "being" as intensity or degree of perfection. He also considers the relation of being and goodness in light of Aquinas' nuanced reversal of Dionysius' theory of the primacy of the good, and Aquinas' arguments for the transcendental nature of goodness.

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À propos de l'auteur

Fran O'Rourke is associate professor of philosophy at University College Dublin. He is the author of Pseudo-Dionysius and the Metaphysics of Aquinas (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0268037248
• ISBN 13: 9780268037246
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 318
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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