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Being and Goodness: The Concept of the Good in Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology - Softcover

 
9780801497797: Being and Goodness: The Concept of the Good in Metaphysics and Philosophical Theology
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0801497795 ISBN 13: 9780801497797
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 1990

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Scott MacDonald is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa.

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Publication date
1990
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801497795
ISBN 13 
9780801497797
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
336
Editor
MacDonald Scott