Medieval Philosophy as Transcendental Thought

From Philip the Chancellor (ca. 1225) to Francisco Suárez

AvJan Aertsen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

The origin of transcendental thought is not to be sought in Kant's philosophy but is a medieval achievement. This book provides for the first time a complete history of the doctrine of the transcendentals, from its beginning in the "Summa de bono" of Philip the Chancellor (ca. 1225) up to its most extensive systematic account in the "Metaphysical Disputations" of Francisco Suárez (1597). The book also shows the importance of the doctrine for the understanding of philosophy in the Middle Ages. Metaphysics is called "First Philosophy", not because it deals with the first, divine being, but because it treats that which is first in a cognitive sense, the transcendental concepts of "being", "one", "true" and "good".Winner of the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize competition for the best book in the history of western philosophy published in 2013.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-03-02
Mått:160 x 240 x 51 mm
Vikt:1 341 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska, Latin
Serie:Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters
Antal sidor:756
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004225848

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Jan A. Aertsen, Ph.D. (1982) in Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Director Emeritus of the Thomas Institute at the University of Cologne. He has published extensively on Thomas Aquinas and the doctrine of the transcendentals including Nature and Creature, Thomas Aquinas's Way of Thought (Brill, 1988) and Medieval Philosophy and the Transcendentals. The Case of Thomas Aquinas (Brill, 1996).

Innehållsförteckning

Preface ... xixIntroduction ... 1Chapter One The Concept of transcendens in Medieval Thought: What is beyond and what is common ... 13Chapter Two Conditions, Presuppositions and Sources of a Doctrine of the Transcendentals ... 35Chapter Three The Beginning of the Doctrine of the Transcendentals (ca. 1225): Philip the Chancellor ... 109Chapter Four The Doctrine of the Transcendentals in Franciscan Masters ... 135Chapter Five Albertus Magnus: Different Traditions of thought and the Transcendentals ... 177Chapter Six Thomas Aquinas: A First Model ... 209Chapter Seven Henry of Ghent: The onto-theological transformation of the doctrine ... 273Chapter Eight The German Dominican School: Dietrich of Freiberg and Meister Eckhart ... 315Chapter Nine Duns Scotus: A Turn in the Doctrine of the Transcendentals ... 371Chapter Ten Discussions on the Scotist Conception ... 433Chapter Eleven The Doctrine of the Transcendentals in NChapter Twelve Neoplatonic Critiques of Transcendental Metaphysics ... 545Chapter Thirteen The Doctrine of the Transcendentals in Renaissance Philosophy ... 569Chapter Fourteen The “Metaphysical Disputations” of Francisco Suárez: Between Scholasticism and Modernity ... 587Chapter Fifteen The Doctrine of the “Supertranscendentals”: An Alternative Model? ... 635Chapter Sixteen Conclusion: The importance of the transcendental way of thought for medieval philosophy ... 657Bibliography ... 707Index Nominum ... 741Index Rerum ... 747