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Pseudo-Dionysius and the Metaphysics of Aquinas (Paperback, New edition)
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Pseudo-Dionysius and the Metaphysics of Aquinas (Paperback, New edition)
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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, yet the profound originality of Aquinas. 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. The University of Notre Press is pleased to
make this significant work available for the first time in
paperback.
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