Title John Duns Scotus : introduction to his fundamental positions / Étienne Gilson ; translated by James Colbert

Published London : T & T Clark : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 600) : illustrations Series Illuminating modernity Illuminating modernity. Contents 1. The Object of Metaphysics -- A. The limits of metaphysics -- B. Theology and metaphysics -- C. Common being -- 2. The Existence of the Infinite Being -- A. That God's existence is not evident -- B. The first cause -- C. The last end and the supreme being -- D. The infinite being -- a. Preambles to the proof -- b. The path of efficiency -- c. The paths of intellect, will, and eminence -- E. Unicity of the infinite being -- F. Nature and scope of the proofs -- 3. Divine Nature -- A. The plurality of divine names -- B. Simplicity of the divine essence -- C. The doctrine of divine attributes -- D. Divine immutability -- 4. Origin of the Contingent -- A. The divine ideas -- B. The possible and the contingent -- C. Selection of contingents -- D. Creation of the contingents -- E. The production of being -- F. Divine omnipotence -- G. Omnipresence and providence -- 5. Angels -- A. Nature of angels -- B. Angels and duration -- C. Angels and place -- D. Angels and movement -- E. Angels and intellection -- 6. Matter -- A. The being of matter -- B. Matter and individuation -- a. Is matter naturally individual? -- b. Is matter individuated by a positive intrinsic constituent? -- c. Individuation by existence -- d. Individuation by quantity -- e. The principle of individuation -- C. Unity of the concrete -- 7. The Human Soul -- A. Origin and immortality of the soul -- B. The soul and the form of corporeality -- C. Soul and faculties -- 8. Intellectual Knowledge -- A. Intellect and intelligible species -- B. The cause of intellection -- C. Knowledge of the singular -- D. Knowledge and divine illumination -- 9. The Will -- A. The cause of willing -- B. The term of the voluntary act -- C. Will and morality -- 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" / John Milbank -- A. Acquiring perspective -- B. The Cartesian ambivalence -- C. Gilson on Scotus -- D. Assessing Gilson on Scotus -- E. Gilson and the "Scotus story" -- F. Beyond Gilson Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-584) and indexes Notes Translated from the French Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 20, 2018) Subject Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308 SUBJECT Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308 fast Subject Philosophy. Theology. PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Medieval. Form Electronic book Author Colbert, James G., 1938- translator. ISBN 9780567678706 0567678709 9780567678690 0567678695

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