Medieval philosophy as transcendental thought : from Philip the Chancellor (ca. 1225) to Francisco Suarez / by Jan A. Aertsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aertsen, Jan A., 1938-

Series:

Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transcendentalism--History.

Transcendentalism.

History.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

Aertsen (emeritus,philosophy, U. of Cologne, Germany), who has published extensively on the writings of Duns Scotus, Henry of Ghent, Thomas Aquinas, and others, offers a comprehensive overview of the development of transcendental thought from the 12th century through and including the 1597 Disputationes metaphysicae of Francisco Suárez. The introductory chapters describe the concepts and their origins in the work of Aristotle, Avicenna, and Dionysius the Areopagite, among others. Subsequent chapters describe the doctrine of the transcendentals within the works of individual thinkers and schools, including the Franciscans, Albertus Magnus, Dietrich of Freiberg, Meister Eckhart, Duns Scotus, the Scotist conception, nominalism, and the Renaissance. Two concluding chapters discuss the idea of supertranscendentals and the central importance of the concept of the transcendental in medieval thought. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004225848

9004225846

OCLC:

768480284