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Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition: The Philosophy of Being as First Known

Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition: The Philosophy of Being as First Known

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Philosophy

ISBN10: 9004352392
ISBN13: 9789004352391
Publisher: Brill
Published: Sep 21 2017
Pages: 376
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition presents a reading of Thomas Aquinas' claim that being is the first object of the human intellect. Blending the insights of both the early Thomistic tradition (c.1380--1637AD) and the Leonine Thomistic revival (1879--present), Brian Kemple examines how this claim of Aquinas has been traditionally understood, and what is lacking in that understanding.

While the recent tradition has emphasized the primacy of the real (so-called ens reale) in human recognition of the primum cognitum, Kemple argues that this misinterprets Aquinas, thereby closing off Thomistic philosophy to the broader perspective needed to face the philosophical challenges of today, and proposes an alternative interpretation with dramatic epistemological and metaphysical consequences.

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