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Participation and Substantiality in Thomas Aquinas presents a comprehensive and penetrating account of Aquinas' metaphysics of creation. Its main focus is the concept of participation of being. On the basis of a detailed textual analysis a philosophical interpretation is offered of the main concepts and arguments which underlie Thomas' theocentric understanding of reality.
The central unifying theme of the book is the apparent tension between the notion of participation (central to the Platonic tradition) and that of substance (central to the Aristotelian tradition). The author argues that Aquinas is quite successful in bringing together in his metaphysics on the one hand the substantiality of finite beings and on the other hand their total dependency upon the divine being by way of participation.
The author defends his interpretation in a critical discussion of the views on participation brought forward by well-known Aquinas scholars such as Geiger and Fabro.
The central unifying theme of the book is the apparent tension between the notion of participation (central to the Platonic tradition) and that of substance (central to the Aristotelian tradition). The author argues that Aquinas is quite successful in bringing together in his metaphysics on the one hand the substantiality of finite beings and on the other hand their total dependency upon the divine being by way of participation.
The author defends his interpretation in a critical discussion of the views on participation brought forward by well-known Aquinas scholars such as Geiger and Fabro.
Price: $216.00
Pages: 290
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters
Publication Date:
01 July 1995
ISBN: 9789004103818
Format: Other
'...a new Thomistic scholar bringing such knowledge and deep understanding of the texts to the Thomistic tradition...will challenge other scholars to issue their corrections.'
Desmond J. Fitzgerald, The Thomist, 1997.
'...s'applique à un problème fondamental trop rarement étudié...l'entreprise de l'A. a vraiment atteint son but...l'ourvrage, qui s'applique à une question dificile mais importante de la pensée du Docteur angéliquw, mérite attention.'
É.H. Wéber, Revue des Sciences Philos. & Theol., 1996.
'...un travail impeccable de facture, rigoureux, parfaitement informé et convaincant en tous points...'
Emmanual Tourpe, Revue Philosophique de Louvain, 1996.
Desmond J. Fitzgerald, The Thomist, 1997.
'...s'applique à un problème fondamental trop rarement étudié...l'entreprise de l'A. a vraiment atteint son but...l'ourvrage, qui s'applique à une question dificile mais importante de la pensée du Docteur angéliquw, mérite attention.'
É.H. Wéber, Revue des Sciences Philos. & Theol., 1996.
'...un travail impeccable de facture, rigoureux, parfaitement informé et convaincant en tous points...'
Emmanual Tourpe, Revue Philosophique de Louvain, 1996.
Rudi A. te Velde, Ph.D. (1991) in Philosophy, Free University of Amsterdam, lectures in Philosophy at the Department of Theology of the Catholic University Brabant (The Netherlands). He has written several articles on Thomas Aquinas and edited a translation of texts on metaphysics of Thomas and Aristotle.