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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953326703321

Autore

Schmitz Kenneth L

Titolo

The texture of being : essays in first philosophy / / Kenneth L. Schmitz ; edited by Paul O'Herron

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8132-1653-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (346 p.)

Collana

Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; ; v. 46

Altri autori (Persone)

O'HerronPaul

Disciplina

100 s

110

Soggetti

Metaphysics

Philosophical theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-323) and index.

Nota di contenuto

PART I. BEING. -- Metaphysics: radical, comprehensive, determinate discourse -- Analysis by principles and analysis by elements -- From anarchy to principles: deconstruction and the resources of Christian philosophy -- Neither with nor without foundations -- Another look at objectivity -- Enriching the copula -- Created receptivity and the philosophy of the concrete -- The solidarity of personalism and the metaphysics of existential act -- PART II. MAN. -- The geography of the human person -- Immateriality past and present -- The first principle of personal becoming -- Purity of soul and immortality -- Is liberalism good enough? -- PART III. GOD. -- Theological clearances: foreground to a rational recovery of God -- God, being and love: new ontological perspectives coming from philosophy -- The death of good and the rebirth of man -- The witness of beauty: the profile of God.

Sommario/riassunto

Diverse in topics yet unified in purpose, this volume brings together Schmitz's penetrating and rich insight into being, produced over many years, to offer readers a magisterial study from one of the great Christian philosophers of our time.