Divine Infinity in Greek and Medieval Thought
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0820411787
ISBN-13
9780820411781
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 1992
Print length
576 Pages
Weight
804 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 23.80 x 3.50 cms
Product Classification:
Phenomenology & ExistentialismSocial & political philosophyThe Early Church
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This volume was inspired by Etienne Gilson''s query, made in the early 1950s, as to why medieval authors spoke of God''s being as infinite, a statement found neither in Judaeo-Christian scriptures nor in Greek philosophy. Divine Infinity in Greek and Medieval Thought deals with Hellenic and Hellenistic philosophers such at the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Proclus, as well as with Eastern Church fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa and John Damascene. The book also draws on the works of Augustine and such medieval authors as Peter Lombard, Richard Fishacre, Bonaventure, and Aquinas. It concludes that infinity is predicated of God not only extrinsically, but also intrinsically: His very being is infinite - a predication resting on an Aristotelian theory of act/potency or on a Platonic version of participation.
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