02416nam 2200529 450 991082867760332120230721014302.01-283-20707-997866132070741-4411-7332-3(CKB)2670000000106779(EBL)742788(OCoLC)745866144(MiAaPQ)EBC742788(EXLCZ)99267000000010677920060717h20072007 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus natural theology in the high Middle Ages /Alexander W. HallLondon ;New York :Continuum,[2007]©20071 online resource (187 p.)Continuum studies in philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4411-8408-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-166) and index.Natural theology in the high Middle Ages -- Aquinas and Scientia -- Scientia, Analogia and the five ways -- Scotus and Scientia -- Scotus on naming and understanding -- Scotus on the signification of theological discourse -- Infinitude, transcendental signification and analogy.Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus are arguably the most celebrated representatives of the 'Golden Age' of scholasticism. Primarily, they are known for their work in natural theology, which seeks to demonstrate tenets of faith without recourse to premises rooted in dogma or revelation. Scholars of this Golden Age drew on a wealth of tradition, dating back to Plato and Aristotle, and taking in the Arabic and Jewish interpretations of these thinkers, to produce a wide variety of answers to the question 'How much can we learn of God?' Some responded by denying us any positive knowledge of God. OContinuum studies in philosophy.Natural theologyPhilosophy, MedievalNatural theology.Philosophy, Medieval.189.4210.9210.9/02Hall Alexander W.1721232MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828677603321Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus4120583UNINA