On being and cognition : Ordinatio 1.3 / John Duns Scotus ; edited and translated by John van den Bercken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308, author.

Contributor:

Bercken, John van den, editor.

Series:

Medieval philosophy

Medieval philosophy, texts and studies

Standardized Title:

Ordinatio. 1.3. English

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Ontology--Early works to 1800.

Ontology.

Individuation (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Individuation (Philosophy).

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

ix, 298 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.

Contents:

Part 1 On The Possibility of Having Knowledge of God

Question 1 Can God be known naturally by the intellect of the wayfarer? 41

Question 2 Is God the first thing that is naturally known by us in our present state? 42

Question 3 Is God the first natural and adequate object of the human intellect in its present state? 83

Question 4 Can we know a certain and genuine truth by natural means without any special illumination? 114

Part 2 On the Trace of the Trinity Single Question: Is there in every creature a trace of the Trinity? 147

Part 3 On the Image of the Trinity

Question 1 Does the intellective part of the soul contain memory as having an intelligible species naturally preceding the act of thinking (intelligendi)? 167

Question 2 Is the intellective part of the soul, taken properly, or a component of it, the total cause generating actual knowledge or the reason for generating it? 197

Question 3 Is the object, as present in itself or in a species, or the intellective part of the soul the main cause of the production of a cognition? 248

Question 4 Is there an image of the Trinity distinctly present in our mind? 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308, author. On being and cognition.

ISBN:

9780823270736

0823270734

OCLC:

925500075