Being and Goodness: The Concept of Good in Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology Contributor(s): MacDonald, Scott (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0801497795 ISBN-13: 9780801497797 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1990 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Good & Evil - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | Religious |
Dewey: 111.84 |
LCCN: 90-5519 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The intuition that there is a necessary connection between being and goodness has guided a philosophical tradition that includes Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas; but surprisingly, the details of this legacy remain relatively unknown. In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best recent historical scholarship in medieval philosophy and make available to nonspecialists an array of sophisticated treatments of issues that remain central to metaphysics and philosophical theology. The contributors, leading philosophers and scholars of medieval philosophy, represent a variety of points of view and take diverse methodological approaches. They address the works of figures from Augustine and Boethius to Suarez, Descartes, and Leibniz, but focus particularly on thirteenth-century thinkers, especially Aquinas. |
Contributor Bio(s): MacDonald, Scott: - Scott MacDonald is Professor of Philosophy and Norma K. Regan Professor in Christian Studies at Cornell University. |