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Pseudo-Dionysius and the Metaphysics of Aquinas (Hardcover)
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Pseudo-Dionysius and the Metaphysics of Aquinas (Hardcover)
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Although Pseudo-Dionysius was, after Aristotle, the author whom
Thomas Aquinas quoted most frequently, surprisingly little
attention has been paid to the role of this Neoplatonist thinker in
the formation of Aquinas' philosophy. Fran O'Rourke's book is the
only available work that investigates the pervasive influence of
Pseudo-Dionysius on Aquinas, while at the same time examining the
latter's profound originality. Central themes discussed by O'Rourke
include knowledge of the absolute, existence as the first and most
universal perfection, the diffusion of creation, the hierarchy of
creatures, and their return to God as final end. O'Rourke devotes
special attention to the Neoplatonist element in Aquinas' notion of
"being" as intensity or degree of perfection. He also considers the
relation of being and goodness in light of Aquinas' nuanced
reversal of Dionysius' theory of the primacy of the good, and
Aquinas' arguments for the transcendental nature of goodness.
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