John Duns Scotus

Introduction to His Fundamental Positions

Etienne Gilson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

632 Seiten

2020
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-567-69525-3 (ISBN)

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Étienne Gilson's Jean Duns Scot: Introduction À Ses Positions Fondamentales is widely understood to be one of the most important works on John Duns Scotus’ texts, famous for their complexity. James Colbert’s translation is the first time that Gilson's work on Scotus has been put into English, with an introduction by Trent Pomplun and an afterword by John Millbank.

Scotus contributed to the development of a metaphysical system that was compatible with Christian doctrine, an epistemology that altered the 13th century understanding of human knowledge, and a theology that stressed both divine and human will. Gilson, in turn, offers a thoroughly comprehensive introduction to the fundamental positions that Scotus stood for. Explaining Scotus’s views on metaphysics, the existence of infinite being and divine nature, the matter of the physical spiritual and angelic, intellectual knowledge and will and Scotus’ relationship with other scholars, Gilson and Colbert show how deeply Scotus left a mark on discussions of such disparate topics as the semantics of religious language, the problem of universals, divine illumination, and the nature of human freedom.

This work has been translated from the original work in French Jean Duns Scot. Introduction à ses positions fondamentales (© 1952 by Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin).

Étienne Gilson (1884-1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. James Colbert is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Fitchburg State University, USA. He has published translations from French, Spanish, and Italian.

Foreword
Translator's Preface
Preface

Chapter 1: The Object of Metaphysics
Chapter 2: The Existence of Infinite Being
Chapter 3: The Divine Nature
Chapter 4: Origin of the Contingent
Chapter 5: Angels
Chapter 6: Matter
Chapter 7: The Human Soul
Chapter 8: Intellectual Knowledge
Chapter 9: The Will
Chapter 10: Duns Scotus and the Philosophers

Appendices
A, Bibliographical Information
B, Biographical Information
C. Alphabetum Scoti

Afterword: The Dissolution of Divine Government: Gilson and the 'Scotus Story'

Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Terms

Erscheinungsdatum	11.12.2019
Reihe/Serie	Illuminating Modernity
Übersetzer	Dr James Colbert
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	875 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-567-69525-5 / 0567695255
ISBN-13	978-0-567-69525-3 / 9780567695253
Zustand	Neuware