Being and Goodness: The Concept of the Good in Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801423120 ISBN 13 : 9780801423123

Editeur : Cornell University Press, 1990

Synopsis

The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best recent historical scholarship in medieval philosophy and make available to nonspecialists an array of sophisticated treatments of issues that remain central to metaphysics and philosophical theology.

The contributors, leading philosophers and scholars of medieval philosophy, represent a variety of points of view and take diverse methodological approaches. They address the works of figures from Augustine and Boethius to Suarez, Descartes, and Leibniz, but focus particularly on thirteenth-century thinkers, especially Aquinas.

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À propos de l?auteur

Scott MacDonald is Professor of Philosophy and Norma K. Regan Professor in Christian Studies at Cornell University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University Press
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801423120
• ISBN 13: 9780801423123
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: MacDonald Scott
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