On Being and Essence English - Couverture souple

Thomas Aquinas; Maurer, A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0888442505 ISBN 13 : 9780888442505

Editeur : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1987

Synopsis

Book by Aquinas Thomas

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Because a small error in the beginning grows enormous at the end, as the Philosopher remarks in Book 1 of On the Heavens and the World, and being and essence are the first things to be conceived by our understanding, as Avicenna declares in Book 1 of his Metaphysics, in order to avoid falling into error about them, and to reveal their difficulties, we should see what are signified by the names of being and essence, how these are found in various things, and how they are related to the logical intentions of genus, species, and difference. And since we need to arrive at the cognition of simple components from the cognition of what they compose, and from those that are posterior to those that are prior, so that the discussion may suitably progress from the easier subjects, we should proceed from the signification of the name of being to the signification of the name of essence.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0888442505
• ISBN 13: 9780888442505
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 79
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible