Speaking the incomprehensible God [[electronic resource] ] : Thomas Aquinas on the interplay of positive and negative theology / / Gregory P. Rocca |
Autore | Rocca Gregory P. <1949-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina | 230/.2/092 |
Soggetto topico |
God (Christianity) - Knowableness - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) - History of doctrines - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
ISBN | 0-8132-1648-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Part One. God the Incomprehensible and Negative Theology; A Brief Survey of Negative Theology in the Hellenistic and Patristic Traditions; Authors before Pseudo-Dionysius; Pseudo-Dionysius and John Damascene; God's Dual Incomprehensibility in Aquinas; God as Supereminent Darkness; Our Nonquidditative Knowledge of God; No Intellect Sees God by Its Natural Powers; The Graced Vision of God's Essence; Finite Intellectual Creatures and God's Infinity; Our Noncomprehensive Knowledge of God; Conclusion; Aquinas' Via Negativa; The Threefold Way to God
The Via NegativaThree Types of Negative Theology; Growth and Progress of Negative Theology; Negation and Preeminence; The Way of Preeminence; Conclusion; Part Two. Analogy and the Web of Judgment; Analogy in Aristotle; The Various Meanings of Analogy in Aquinas; Critique of Analogy; Analogy as Proportion and Proportionality; Analogy as Referential Multivocity; Analogy of Attribution, Proper Proportionality, and Cajetan's Interpretation; The Primacy of Analogy as Referential Multivocity; The Logical Status of Multivocal Analogy; The Unity and Diversity of Analogy as a Web of Predication Primary and Secondary MeaningsReference to an Individual Reality or Nature; God and Creatures; The Analogical Community; Analogy's "Common Meaning" and "Different Meanings"; Analogy as Judgment in Aquinas; Judgment and Truth; Judgment and Concept; Analogy as Judgment; Theological Analogy as the Mean between Univocity and Equivocity; The Place of Theological Analogy in Aquinas' Treatise on God; The Graced Judgment of Faith; Conclusion; Part Three. Crucial Truths about God; Aquinas and the Existence of God the Creator; Aquinas' View of Aristotle's First Principles The Unmoved Mover of Aristotle's PhysicsThe Primary Substance of Aristotle's Metaphysics; The Richness of God's Existence in Aquinas' Theology; Aquinas and the Philosophers on God the Creator; Creation and Creator; The World's Eternity; God the Creator Philosophically Interpreted as Subsistent Being; The Radical Contingence of Creatures Philosophically Interpreted as the Real Distinction between Being and Essence; Conclusion; Aquinas' Crucial Theological Truths; God Is the Infinite, Pure, and Perfect Act of Subsistent Being; A Perfect God; An Infinite God God Is the Creator and Conserver of the UniverseA Transcendent Creator; An Immanent Creator; A God Who Freely Creates from Nothing; Creation Is a Likeness to God; Creatures Are Both Like and Unlike God; God's Essence and God's Ideas; Vestige, Image, Similarity; Participation: Aquinas' Christian View of the Universe; Truth and Epistemology; Part Four. The Divine Names; Aquinas' Positive Theology of the Divine Names; Divine Names; Theory of Names; On Naming God; Aquinas' Positive Theology; Proper Name of Divinity; Proper versus Metaphorical Predication; Taxonomy of the Divine Names Primacy and Dependence in Divine Predication |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807471103321 |
Rocca Gregory P. <1949-> | ||
Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The thought of Thomas Aquinas [[electronic resource] /] / Brian Davies |
Autore | Davies Brian <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
Disciplina | 230/.2/092 |
Soggetto topico | Theology, Doctrinal - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612052156
0-19-826458-5 0-19-152044-6 1-282-05215-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. THE SHAPE OF A SAINT; Early Years; From Student to Teacher; Paris to Naples; The Last Phase; Aquinas's Character; Reading Aquinas Today; 2. GETTING TO GOD; Ways not to Get to God; God and His Effects: The Five Ways; The Existence Argument; Creation; The Beginning of the World; 3. WHAT GOD IS NOT; Not Knowing What God is; The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity: Preliminaries; The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity: Details; 4. TALKING ABOUT GOD; Background to Aquinas; Aquinas on God-Talk; The Doctrine of Analogy; Real and Notional Relations
5. PERFECTION AND GOODNESSGod is Perfect; God is Good; God and Evil; 6. UBIQUITY TO ETERNITY; God's Presence in Things; God is Changeless; God is Eternal; Aquinas on Eternity Today; 7. ONENESS TO KNOWLEDGE; God is One; God has Power; God's Knowledge; 8. WILL TO MERCY; Will in God; Love in God; God's Justice and Mercy; 9. PROVIDENCE AND FREEDOM; Providence as God's Governing of Creatures; Miracles; Human Freedom; Prayer; 10. THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE; Aquinas and the Doctrine of the Trinity; The Trinity and Philosophy; Processions in the Trinity; Relations and the Trinity The Persons Taken Individually11. BEING HUMAN; Me and My Body; Soul and Body; Death and the Soul; Desire and Action; 12. HOW TO BE HAPPY; Happiness and God; Happiness and Need; Practical Reasoning; Virtues; Natural Law; 13. HOW TO BE HOLY; The Human End and Human Nature; The Start of the Human Race; The Old Law; The New Law; Grace; The Cause and Kinds of Grace; 14. THE HEART OF GRACE; Faith; Hope; Charity; 15. GOD INCARNATE; The General Nature of Aquinas's Christology; The Union of Divinity and Humanity; What was Christ Like?; 16. THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHRIST; The General Picture Sin and the IncarnationSatisfaction; Merit; Justification; The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ; 17. SIGNS AND WONDERS; Sacraments; The Crowning Sacrament: The Eucharist; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465262503321 |
Davies Brian <1951-> | ||
Oxford, : Clarendon Press, c1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The thought of Thomas Aquinas [[electronic resource] /] / Brian Davies |
Autore | Davies Brian <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
Disciplina | 230/.2/092 |
Soggetto topico | Theology, Doctrinal - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
ISBN |
9786612052156
0-19-826458-5 0-19-152044-6 1-282-05215-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. THE SHAPE OF A SAINT; Early Years; From Student to Teacher; Paris to Naples; The Last Phase; Aquinas's Character; Reading Aquinas Today; 2. GETTING TO GOD; Ways not to Get to God; God and His Effects: The Five Ways; The Existence Argument; Creation; The Beginning of the World; 3. WHAT GOD IS NOT; Not Knowing What God is; The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity: Preliminaries; The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity: Details; 4. TALKING ABOUT GOD; Background to Aquinas; Aquinas on God-Talk; The Doctrine of Analogy; Real and Notional Relations
5. PERFECTION AND GOODNESSGod is Perfect; God is Good; God and Evil; 6. UBIQUITY TO ETERNITY; God's Presence in Things; God is Changeless; God is Eternal; Aquinas on Eternity Today; 7. ONENESS TO KNOWLEDGE; God is One; God has Power; God's Knowledge; 8. WILL TO MERCY; Will in God; Love in God; God's Justice and Mercy; 9. PROVIDENCE AND FREEDOM; Providence as God's Governing of Creatures; Miracles; Human Freedom; Prayer; 10. THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE; Aquinas and the Doctrine of the Trinity; The Trinity and Philosophy; Processions in the Trinity; Relations and the Trinity The Persons Taken Individually11. BEING HUMAN; Me and My Body; Soul and Body; Death and the Soul; Desire and Action; 12. HOW TO BE HAPPY; Happiness and God; Happiness and Need; Practical Reasoning; Virtues; Natural Law; 13. HOW TO BE HOLY; The Human End and Human Nature; The Start of the Human Race; The Old Law; The New Law; Grace; The Cause and Kinds of Grace; 14. THE HEART OF GRACE; Faith; Hope; Charity; 15. GOD INCARNATE; The General Nature of Aquinas's Christology; The Union of Divinity and Humanity; What was Christ Like?; 16. THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHRIST; The General Picture Sin and the IncarnationSatisfaction; Merit; Justification; The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ; 17. SIGNS AND WONDERS; Sacraments; The Crowning Sacrament: The Eucharist; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792236403321 |
Davies Brian <1951-> | ||
Oxford, : Clarendon Press, c1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The thought of Thomas Aquinas / / Brian Davies |
Autore | Davies Brian <1951-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, : Clarendon Press, c1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
Disciplina |
230/.2/092
230.2092 |
Soggetto topico | Theology, Doctrinal - History - Middle Ages, 600-1500 |
ISBN |
9786612052156
0-19-826458-5 0-19-152044-6 1-282-05215-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1. THE SHAPE OF A SAINT; Early Years; From Student to Teacher; Paris to Naples; The Last Phase; Aquinas's Character; Reading Aquinas Today; 2. GETTING TO GOD; Ways not to Get to God; God and His Effects: The Five Ways; The Existence Argument; Creation; The Beginning of the World; 3. WHAT GOD IS NOT; Not Knowing What God is; The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity: Preliminaries; The Doctrine of Divine Simplicity: Details; 4. TALKING ABOUT GOD; Background to Aquinas; Aquinas on God-Talk; The Doctrine of Analogy; Real and Notional Relations
5. PERFECTION AND GOODNESSGod is Perfect; God is Good; God and Evil; 6. UBIQUITY TO ETERNITY; God's Presence in Things; God is Changeless; God is Eternal; Aquinas on Eternity Today; 7. ONENESS TO KNOWLEDGE; God is One; God has Power; God's Knowledge; 8. WILL TO MERCY; Will in God; Love in God; God's Justice and Mercy; 9. PROVIDENCE AND FREEDOM; Providence as God's Governing of Creatures; Miracles; Human Freedom; Prayer; 10. THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE; Aquinas and the Doctrine of the Trinity; The Trinity and Philosophy; Processions in the Trinity; Relations and the Trinity The Persons Taken Individually11. BEING HUMAN; Me and My Body; Soul and Body; Death and the Soul; Desire and Action; 12. HOW TO BE HAPPY; Happiness and God; Happiness and Need; Practical Reasoning; Virtues; Natural Law; 13. HOW TO BE HOLY; The Human End and Human Nature; The Start of the Human Race; The Old Law; The New Law; Grace; The Cause and Kinds of Grace; 14. THE HEART OF GRACE; Faith; Hope; Charity; 15. GOD INCARNATE; The General Nature of Aquinas's Christology; The Union of Divinity and Humanity; What was Christ Like?; 16. THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHRIST; The General Picture Sin and the IncarnationSatisfaction; Merit; Justification; The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ; 17. SIGNS AND WONDERS; Sacraments; The Crowning Sacrament: The Eucharist; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812465203321 |
Davies Brian <1951-> | ||
Oxford, : Clarendon Press, c1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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