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Medieval Philosophy as Transcendental Thought: From Philip the Chancellor (Ca. 1225) to Francisco Suárez

Medieval Philosophy as Transcendental Thought: From Philip the Chancellor (Ca. 1225) to Francisco Suárez

Aertsen, Jan

Hardcover

PhilosophyMedieval & Renaissance History

ISBN10: 9004225846
ISBN13: 9789004225848
Publisher: Brill
Published: Mar 2 2012
Pages: 756
Weight: 3.05
Height: 1.80 Width: 6.60 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
The origin of transcendental thought is not to be sought in Kant's philosophy but is a medieval achievement. This book provides for the first time a complete history of the doctrine of the transcendentals, from its beginning in the Summa de bono of Philip the Chancellor (ca. 1225) up to its most extensive systematic account in the Metaphysical Disputations of Francisco Suárez (1597). The book also shows the importance of the doctrine for the understanding of philosophy in the Middle Ages. Metaphysics is called First Philosophy, not because it deals with the first, divine being, but because it treats that which is first in a cognitive sense, the transcendental concepts of being, one, true and good.

Winner of the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize competition for the best book in the history of western philosophy published in 2013.

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