Record Nr.

UNINA9910972117803321

Autore

Long Steven A

Titolo

Analogia entis : on the analogy of being, metaphysics, and the act of faith / / Steven A. Long

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2011

ISBN

9780268085803

0268085803

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Disciplina

111

Soggetti

Analogy

Metaphysics

Analogy (Religion)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

First principles and the challenge of Parmenidean monism -- St. Thomas on Analogia entis in the Scriptum super sententiis and in De veritate -- Consideration of objections to the view that the Analogia entis is the analogy of proper proportionality -- The analogy of being and the transcendence and analogical intelligibility of the act of faith -- Appendix : a (very) few words regarding metaphysics, Separatio, and Abstractio.

Sommario/riassunto

Analogia Entis: On the Analogy of Being, Metaphysics, and the Act of Faith is an intellectually rigorous and systematic account of Thomas's teaching regarding the analogy of being. Steven A. Long's work stands in contradistinction to historical-doctrinal surveys and general introductions, retrieving by way of an interpretation of Aristotle and Aquinas the indispensable role that analogy of being plays for metaphysics and, consequently, for theology. In his later writings St. Thomas did not return to questions about the analogy of being that he had answered earlier in his career. This has led most historical-textual treatments of analogy in current scholarship to the mistaken conclusion that Thomas actually changed his answers to these questions. Scholars fail to see the continuity between his treatment in the Summa theologiae and his earlier De veritate. Long's study demonstrates the

coherence of St. Thomas's earlier and later analyses. It shows how Thomas's later account in the Summa theologiae necessarily presupposes his earlier teaching. This is a book that invites the reader to a demanding and speculatively intense appreciation of the metaphysics of analogy. It will contribute significantly to the growing debate on the analogy of being.