Aquinas on Being
Seiten
2005
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
9780199279449 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
9780199279449 (ISBN)
Sir Anthony Kenny offers a critical examination of a central metaphysical doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the medieval philosophers. Aquinas's account of being is famous and influential: but Kenny argues that it in fact suffers from systematic confusion. Kenny's clear and incisive study offers philosophers and theologians a guide through the labyrinth of Aquinas's ontology.
Anthony Kenny offers a critical examination of a central metaphysical doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the medieval philosophers. Aquinas's account of being is famous and influential: but Kenny argues that it in fact suffers from systematic confusion. Because of the centrality of the doctrine, this has implications for other parts of Aquinas's philosophical system: in particular, Kenny shows that the idea that God is pure being is a hindrance, not a help, to Aquinas's natural theology.
Kenny's clear and incisive study, drawing on the scholastic as well as the analytic tradition, dispels the confusion and offers philosophers and theologians a guide through the labyrinth of Aquinas's ontology.
Anthony Kenny offers a critical examination of a central metaphysical doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the medieval philosophers. Aquinas's account of being is famous and influential: but Kenny argues that it in fact suffers from systematic confusion. Because of the centrality of the doctrine, this has implications for other parts of Aquinas's philosophical system: in particular, Kenny shows that the idea that God is pure being is a hindrance, not a help, to Aquinas's natural theology.
Kenny's clear and incisive study, drawing on the scholastic as well as the analytic tradition, dispels the confusion and offers philosophers and theologians a guide through the labyrinth of Aquinas's ontology.
Sir Anthony Kenny was formerly President of the British Academy, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. His recent work includes a magisterial new history of Western philosophy, to be published by OUP in four volumes.
Preface ; 1. On Being and Essence ; 2. On Being and Essence - II ; 3. The Commentary on the Sentences ; 4. The Disputed Questions on Truth ; 5. The Summa contra Gentiles ; 6. Questions Disputed in Rome ; 7. The Summa Theologiae ; 8. The Summa Theologiae - II ; 9. The Commentaries on Aristotle's Metaphysics ; 10. Conclusion: Twelve Types of Being ; Appendix: Frege and Aquinas on Existence and Number ; Biblography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2005 |
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| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 136 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 265 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780199279449 / 9780199279449 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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