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1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) |
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Indiana series in the philosophy of religion |
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Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
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| Contents |
I. The Prospect of Semiotics. The Invitation of Typology. The Semiotic Context. The Renaissance Episteme -- II. The Discourse of Typology. The Vocabulary of Nature. Two Texts: Nature and Scripture. The Nature of Typological Relations -- III. The Logics of Creation. The Stoicism of Ramist Logic. The Ontology of Supposition. Corporeality and Mentality as Rhetorical Placement -- IV. The Trinity and Creation. The Logic of the Trinity. Why God Creates -- V. The Ontology of Original Sin. The Fall. The Imputation of Subjectivity -- VI. Freedom and Moral Agency. Intentionality of Will as Philosophical Necessity. Divine Decrees and Foreknowledge. Virtue as Consent -- VII. The Knowledge of Beauty. Consent. Knowledge and Grace. Concluding Remarks: The Propriety of Christ |
| Summary |
"Stephen H. Daniel presents a comprehensive analysis and redefinition of the thought of Jonathan Edwards. Though well known in literary, historical, and religious circles, Edwards is a puzzle to philosophers. Attempts to portray him in terms of the classical modern dispute between empiricism and rationalism are inevitably frustrated by his blend of philosophy, rhetoric, history, and religious doctrine." "Daniel reveals how Edwards's philosophy appeals to the tradition of Stoic logic and ontology thematized in the Renaissance by Paracelsus and Peter Ramus. Drawing on the semiotic work of Peirce, Foucault, and Kristeva, the book shows how the Renaissance theory of signatures provides Edwards and his contemporaries with a powerful alternative to the ideas of Descartes and Locke. Presenting the Stoic-Renaissance treatment of signs as an alternative to the modern dismissal of the language of nature, Daniel demonstrates the way in which this earlier model illumines Edwards's treatment of theological themes such as creation, trinity, original sin, freedom, moral agency, and the knowledge of beauty."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 -- Contributions in semiotics
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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 |
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Edwards, Jonathan Theologe, 1703-1758. |
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Semiotics -- History -- 18th century
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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Semiotics
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585001227 |
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9780585001227 |
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