Henry of Ghent: Metaphysics and the Trinity : With a Critical Edition of Question Six of Article Fifty-Five of the Summa Quaestionum Ordinariarum / by Juan Carlos Flores ; with a critical edition of question six of article fifty-five of the "Summa quaestionum ordinariarum."

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flores, Juan Carlos, 1970-

Series:

Ancient and medieval philosophy. Series 1 ; 36.

Ancient and medieval philosophy. Series 1 ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Medieval.

Trinity.

Henry, of Ghent, 1217?-1293.

Henry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book elucidates Henry of Ghent''s philosophical and theological system with special reference to his trinitarian writings. It demonstrates the fundamental role of the Trinity in Henry''s philosophy and theology. It also shows how Henry (d. 1293), the most influential theologian of his day at Paris, developed the Augustinian tradition in seminal ways in response to the Aristotelian tradition, especially Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274).

Contents:

Henry of Ghent: Metaphysics and the Trinity; Preface; Contents; Introduction; I-Henry and the Tradition of Trinitarian Theology; II-Henry on Theology and Philosophy; III-The Trinity and Henry's Thought; Chapter 1: The Trinity in Itself; 1A-Henry's Basic Approach to the Trinity; 1B-The Trinity as Activity; 1C-The Emanation According to Intellect: The Father and The Son; 1D-The Mode of Spiration; 1E-The Will as a Natural Principle; 1F-The Order of Nature; 1G-Henry's Latin View of Active Spiration; 1H-The Spirating Force; 1I-The Person of the Holy Spirit

1J-The Trinity as Emanated by Intellect and WillChapter 2: The Trinity and Creation; 2A-The Trinity's Notional Necessity; 2B-Emanation and Creation: Henry vs. some Philosophers and Theologians; 2C-The Role of Intellect in Free Creation; Chapter 3: The Trinity and Metaphysical Categories; 3A-Persona as Suppositum; 3B-Intentionality, Analogy and Supposition of Persona; 3C-The Meaning of Property; 3D-Relation in God and Creatures; 3E-Relations and Reality; 3F-Res as Relational; 3G-Reality in Henry's System; Conclusion; I-Recapitulation; II-The Creature as Symbol of the Trinity

III-Existence and EssenceIV-Henry's Approach and Synthesis; Appendix; Manuscripts; Critical Study; Selected Bibliography ; I-Bibliographies; II-Editions and Translations of Henry's Works; III-Primary Texts; IV-Secondary Texts; Indices; Index Auctorum; Index Locorum Henrici

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-236) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Contains:

Henry, of Ghent, 1217?-1293. Summa quaestionum ordinariarum. Art. 55, Q. 6

ISBN:

94-6166-088-X

OCLC:

879208221