Isbn: 9780990738633 - the primacy of existence in thomas aquinas: a commentary in thomistic metaphysics (4 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Back in print after nearly six decades! 'In the metaphysical treatise translated here, we see an effort in the late sixteenth century to pit an esse metaphysics against an essence metaphysics, which even then had overwhelming historical forces on its side. A long line of schoolmen had prepared the way for Suarez. Duns Scotus' understanding of being in terms of forms loomed large in Suarez' mind. Before Scotus, the controversy between Giles of Rome and Henry of Ghent gave birth to what Fabro has called 'bastard expressions in Thomism,' esse essentiae and esse existentiae. As though the mere coupling of the words were not ghastly enough, the expressions solidified into stock phrases of metaphycial discourse and remained in general use for an unbelieveably long time.…

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