Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The three articles from Henry of Ghent's Summa of Ordinary Questions translated in this volume are the first that deal with the Trinity. They follow upon Henry's treatment of the divine attributes in articles forty-one to fifty-two. Article fifty-three asks ten questions about the sense in which a person exists in God, and article fifty-four asks ten questions about the emanations or processions of one divine person from another, while article fifty-five asks six questions about the properties or notions of the divine persons. Henry was obviously a voracious reader of the Fathers of the Church and the medieval masters of theology in the centuries before him. He cites extensively from Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, Boethius, Hilary of Poitiers, Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Lombard, Richard of Saint Victor, and Thomas Aquinas among Western Latin fathers and theologians and from Pseudo-Dionysius and John of Damascus among the Eastern or Greek fathers. But besides such well-known thinkers he cites other masters who are less well-known, such as Praepositinus, Simon of Tournai, Gerard La Pucelle, and Giles of Rome. Henry also quotes such philosophers as Aristotle, Porphyry, and Averroes, who of course have little to say on the Trinity. Brief introduction to the questions that Henry discusses in each of the three articles: In article fifty-three Henry first of all situates the following questions within his Summa of Ordinary Questions and explains that he will firstly deal with the persons in general in articles fifty-three and fifty-four and then withthe properties or notions of the persons in article fifty-five. Article fifty-three discusses "the manner of the being of persons in God" and article fifty-four is concerned with "the manner of one person's emanating from another."Article fifty-three has ten questions, the first of which is whether one needs to hold that there is a person in God. In his resolution of the question Henry appeals to what he previously established, namely, that we "must attribute to God whatever is without qualification more worthy or better to be than not to be." Appealing to the authority of Richard of Saint Victor, Henry argues that "person" signifies something incommunicable in a rational or intellectual nature and is something of dignity and nobility. Hence, we must hold that there is a person in God.

Philosophische Theologie. --- Trinitätslehre. --- Philosophical theology. --- Trinity --- Medieval philosophy

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Die Frage nach einem möglichen Sprechen über das Unaussprechliche stellt das Grundproblem der negativen Theologie dar. Eriugena nimmt zum einen als Übersetzer der griechischen Schriften von Ps.-Dionysius Areopagita ins Lateinische, zum anderen durch sein Hauptwerk Periphyseon eine entscheidende Funktion für die Entwicklung der negativen Theologie im Mittelalter ein. Die vorliegende Studie unterstreicht seine Bedeutung, Hellsichtigkeit und Innovation historisch und systematisch. Der Einführungsteil widmet sich der Person Eriugenas und seinen Haupteinflussquellen, insbesondere Ps.-Dionysius Areopagita, dem karolingischen Bildungsgedanken und der Philosophie des Neuplatonismus. Anschließend wird die Schrift Periphyseon und das darin grundgelegte System einer einzigen, aber vierfältigen natura universalis beleuchtet. Im Zentrum der Studie stehen die Analyse, Interpretation und Neuübersetzung einer Textpassage, in der Eriugena eine „Hypertheologie“ entwickelt und nach einer Lösung für eben jenes sprachtheologische Problem sucht: Wie kann, soll, darf der Mensch über etwas sprechen, das an sich unaussprechlich ist und selbst als Ausgesprochenes unaussprechlich bleiben muss? Eriugena’s importance to negative theology is beyond question. In seeking a language for the inexpressible, drawing on Dionysus the Areopagite, he developed the concept of a negative-positive theology. This study analyzes Eriugena’s ‘hypertheology’ and also includes a new translation of key passages from the Periphyseon. Its intended audience includes philosophers and theologians as well as philologists.

Critical theory. --- Erigena, Johannes Scotus, --- Ps.-Dionysius Areopagita, negative theology, medieval philosophy, the ineffable.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book examines the phenomenological anthropology of Edith Stein. It specifically focuses on the question which Stein addressed in her work Finite and Eternal Being: What is the foundational principle that makes the individual unique and unrepeatable within the human species? Traditional analyses of Edith Stein’s writings have tended to frame her views on this issue as being influenced by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, while neglecting her interest in the lesser-known figure of Duns Scotus. Yet, as this book shows, with regard to the question of individuality, Stein was critical of Aquinas’ approach, finding that of Duns Scotus to be more convincing. In order to get to the heart of Stein’s readings of Duns Scotus, this book looks at her published writings and her personal correspondence, in addition to conducting a meticulous analysis of the original codexes on which her sources were based. Written with diligence and flair, the book critically evaluates the authenticity of Stein’s sources and shows how the position of Scotus himself evolved. It highlights the originality of Stein’s contribution, which was to rediscover the relevance of Mediaeval scholastic thought and reinterpret it in the language of the Phenomenological school founded by Edmund Husserl.

Philosophy. --- Phenomenology. --- Medieval Philosophy. --- Metaphysics. --- Philosophy (General). --- Philosophy, medieval. --- Métaphysique --- Phénoménologie --- Phenomenology --- Husserl, Edmund, --- Duns Scotus, John, -- approximately 1266-1308 -- Influence. --- Individuality. --- Stein, Edith, -- Saint, -- 1891-1942. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Yearbooks --- Stein, Edith, --- Duns Scotus, John, --- Influence. --- Duns, Jean, --- Duns, Joannes, --- Duns, Johannes, --- Duns, --- Duns Scoto, Giovanni, --- Duns Scoto, Juan, --- Duns Scotus, J. --- Duns Scotus, Johannes, --- Duns Skot, Ioann, --- Duns Szkot, Jan, --- Ioannes Duns, --- Joannes Duns, --- Scot, Jean Duns, --- Scoto, Juan Duns, --- Scotus, Joannes Duns, --- Scotus, John Duns, --- Skotus, Johannes Duns, --- Дунс Скот, Иоанн, --- Teresia Benedicta a Cruce, --- Benedicta of the Cross, --- Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, --- Teresia Benedicta vom Kreuz, --- Benedicta vom Kreuz, --- Benedicta, --- Stein, Edyta, --- Teresa Benedykta od Krzyża, --- Teresa Benedetta della Croce, --- Medieval philosophy. --- Psychology --- Conformity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Likes and dislikes --- Personality --- Self --- Phenomenology . --- Medieval philosophy --- Scholasticism --- Philosophy, Modern --- God --- Ontology --- Philosophy of mind --- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.). --- Philosophical anthropology. --- Husserl, Edmund, - 1859-1938

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Nominalism --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Logic --- Logic, Medieval --- Scholasticism --- Logic, Ancient --- Hermeneutics --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- 2 HENRICUS TOTTING DE OYTA --- Medieval and modern Latin manuscripts --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Theology, Scholastic --- Philosophy --- Medieval logic --- Medieval philosophy --- Conceptualism --- Realism --- Reality --- Universals (Philosophy) --- Ancient logic --- Interpretation, Methodology of --- Criticism --- 2 HENRICUS TOTTING DE OYTA Godsdienst. Theologie--HENRICUS TOTTING DE OYTA --- Godsdienst. Theologie--HENRICUS TOTTING DE OYTA --- History --- Aristotle. --- Aristoteles.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Ockham's razor, the principle of parsimony, states that simpler theories are better than theories that are more complex. It has a history dating back to Aristotle and it plays an important role in current physics, biology, and psychology. The razor also gets used outside of science - in everyday life and in philosophy. This book evaluates the principle and discusses its many applications. Fascinating examples from different domains provide a rich basis for contemplating the principle's promises and perils. It is obvious that simpler theories are beautiful and easy to understand; the hard problem is to figure out why the simplicity of a theory should be relevant to saying what the world is like. In this book, the ABCs of probability theory are succinctly developed and put to work to describe two 'parsimony paradigms' within which this problem can be solved.

Logic --- Ockham, of, William --- Reasoning --- Problem Solving --- Simplicity (Philosophy) --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Guilelmus de Occam, --- Simplicité (philosophie) --- Principe d'économie (philosophie) --- Résolution de problème --- Guillaume d'Ockham, --- Reasoning. --- Problem solving. --- Philosophy, Medieval. --- William, --- Simplicity (Philosophy). --- Résolution de problème. --- Guilelmus de Occam, - ca. 1285-1349 --- Medieval philosophy --- Scholasticism --- Philosophy --- Methodology --- Psychology --- Decision making --- Executive functions (Neuropsychology) --- Argumentation --- Ratiocination --- Reason --- Thought and thinking --- Judgment (Logic) --- Guglielmo, --- Guilelmus, --- Guilhelmus, --- Guillaume, --- Guillelmus, --- Guillermo, --- Occam, --- Occam, Guillaume d', --- Occam, William, --- Occamus, Guilielmus, --- Occhamus, Gulielmus, --- Ockam, Guilhelmus de, --- Ockham, William, --- Okkam, Uilʹi︠a︡m, --- Okkʻam, William, --- Wilhelm, --- William Okkʻam,