Metaphysics between experience and transcendence : Thomas Aquinas on metaphysics as a science / Rudi A. te Velde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Velde, Rudi te, author.

Series:

Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie und Theologie des Mittelalters ; n.F., Bd. 87.

Beiträge zur Geschichte der Philosophie und Theologie des Mittelalters, 0067-5024 ; neue Folge, Band 87

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

Thomas.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

vii, 246 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Münster : Aschendorff Verlag, [2021]

Summary:

Metaphysics, in its classical sense, is the study of being. But what does it mean, this seemly old-fashioned word, "being"? And how does metaphysics relate to the world of human experience if it it is said to go beyond physics? Is being something hidden behind the veil of experience? Are we in danger, in atempting to defend the idea of experience? ARe we in danger, in attempting to defend the idea of metaphysic, to become Hinterweltler (Nietzsche)? These are relevannt questions for anyone who wants to now, today, what we can still learn from the 'old' metaphysics from the Aristotelian tradition, of which Thomas Aquinas was one the most eloquent and insightful defenders. This book offers a philosophical analysis of metaphysics as conceived and practised by Thomas. Its aim is not to present another exposition of the doctrine of Thomas metaphysics; its focus is on the characteristic movement of metaphysics, going from the world of experience to the divine principle of all being. By a close reading and interpretation of the relevant texts, it seeks to clarify the specific dynamics of the science of metaphysics, as present in the works of Aquinas. In the Aristotelian tradition, metaphysics exhibts a typical ontotheological orientation, as the study of being in general and the study of divine being. Going against a general tendency in the Thomistic tradition to loosen metaphysics ontology from its theological part, this book presents a fresh and innovate reading which emphasizes the inner unity of metaphysics. -- Back Cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Metaphysics in discussion: The medieval context

The degrees of abstraction and the metaphysical Separatio

From physics to metaphysics: The way of Resolutio

The transcendental focus of metaphysics

The place of analogy in metaphysics

From experience to transcendence

The double challenge to metaphysics in the present-day world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and index.

ISBN:

9783402103074

3402103079

OCLC:

1247674705

Publisher Number:

9783402103074