John Duns Scotus : introduction to his fundamental positions / Etienne Gilson ; translated by James G. Colbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilson, Étienne, 1884-1978, author.

Contributor:

Colbert, James G., 1938- translator.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Series:

Illuminating modernity

Standardized Title:

Jean Duns Scot. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308.

Duns Scotus, John.

Physical Description:

XXX, 600 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2019.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Object of Metaphysics

A. The limits of metaphysics

B. Theology and metaphysics

C. Common being

2. The Existence of the Infinite Being

A. That God's existence is not evident

B. The first cause

C. The last end and the supreme being

D. The infinite being

a. Preambles to the proof

b. The path of efficiency

c. The paths of intellect, will, and eminence

E. Unicity of the infinite being

F. Nature and scope of the proofs

3. Divine Nature

A. The plurality of divine names

B. Simplicity of the divine essence

C. The doctrine of divine attributes

D. Divine immutability

4. Origin of the Contingent

A. The divine ideas

B. The possible and the contingent

C. Selection of contingents

D. Creation of the contingents

E. The production of being

F. Divine omnipotence

G. Omnipresence and providence

5. Angels

A. Nature of angels

B. Angels and duration

C. Angels and place

D. Angels and movement

E. Angels and intellection

6. Matter

A. The being of matter

B. Matter and individuation

a. Is matter naturally individual?

b. Is matter individuated by a positive intrinsic constituent?

c. Individuation by existence

d. Individuation by quantity

e. The principle of individuation

C. Unity of the concrete

7. The Human Soul

A. Origin and immortality of the soul

B. The soul and the form of corporeality

C. Soul and faculties

8. Intellectual Knowledge

A. Intellect and intelligible species

B. The cause of intellection

C. Knowledge of the singular

D. Knowledge and divine illumination

9. The Will

A. The cause of willing

B. The term of the voluntary act

C. Will and morality

10. Duns Scotus and the Philosophers

Appendices

A. Bibliographical information

B. Biographical information

C. Alphabetum Scoti

Afterword: The Dissolution of Divine Government: Gilson and the "Scotus Story" / John Milbank

A. Acquiring perspective

B. The Cartesian ambivalence

C. Gilson on Scotus

D. Assessing Gilson on Scotus

E. Gilson and the "Scotus story"

F. Beyond Gilson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [577]-584) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780567678683

0567678687

9780567678690

9780567678706

0567678695

0567678709

OCLC:

1079209618

Publisher Number:

99980878329