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Medieval Essays (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson; Translated by James G. Colbert
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quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Etienne Gilson's Jean Duns Scot: Introduction A Ses Positions
Fondamentales is widely understood to be one of the most important
works on John Duns Scotus' texts, famous for their complexity.
James Colbert's translation is the first time that Gilson's work on
Scotus has been put into English, with an introduction by Trent
Pomplun and an afterword by John Millbank. Scotus contributed to
the development of a metaphysical system that was compatible with
Christian doctrine, an epistemology that altered the 13th century
understanding of human knowledge, and a theology that stressed both
divine and human will. Gilson, in turn, offers a thoroughly
comprehensive introduction to the fundamental positions that Scotus
stood for. Explaining Scotus's views on metaphysics, the existence
of infinite being and divine nature, the matter of the physical
spiritual and angelic, intellectual knowledge and will and Scotus'
relationship with other scholars, Gilson and Colbert show how
deeply Scotus left a mark on discussions of such disparate topics
as the semantics of religious language, the problem of universals,
divine illumination, and the nature of human freedom. This work has
been translated from the original work in French Jean Duns Scot.
Introduction a ses positions fondamentales ( (c) 1952 by Librairie
Philosophique J. Vrin).
A classic study of the art of painting and its relationship to
reality In this book, Étienne Gilson puts forward a bold
interpretation of the kind of reality depicted in paintings and its
relation to the natural order. Drawing on insights from the
writings of great painters—from Leonardo, Reynolds, and Constable
to Mondrian and Klee—Gilson shows how painting is foreign to the
order of language and knowledge. Painting, he argues, seeks to add
new beings to nature, not to represent those that already exist.
For this reason, we must distinguish it from another art, that of
picturing, which seeks to produce images of actual or possible
beings. Though pictures play an important part in human life, they
do not belong in the art of painting. Through this distinction,
Gilson sheds new light on the evolution of modern painting. A
magisterial work of scholarship by an acclaimed historian of
philosophy, Painting and Reality features paintings from both
classical and modern schools, and includes extended selections from
the writings of Reynolds, Delacroix, Gris, Gill, and Ozenfant.
In this book (a translation of his well-known work L'esprit de la
philosophie medievale), Etienne Gilson undertakes the task of
defining the spirit of mediaeval philosophy. Gilson asks whether we
can form the concept of a Christian philosophy and whether
mediaeval philosophy is not its most adequate historical
expression. He maintains that the spirit of mediaeval philosophy is
the spirit of Christianity penetrating the Greek tradition, working
within it, and drawing out of it a certain view of the world that
is specifically Christian. To support his hypothesis, Gilson
examines mediaeval thought in its nascent state, at that precise
point where the Judeo-Christian graft was inserted into the
Hellenic tradition. Gilson's demonstration is primarily historical
and occasionally theoretical in suggesting how doctrines that
satisfied our predecessors for so many centuries may still be found
conceivable today.
In this final edition of his classic study of St. Thomas Aquinas,
Etienne Gilson presents the sweeping range and organic unity of
Thomistic philosophical thought. The philosophical thinking of
Aquinas is the result of reason being challenged to relate to many
theological conceptions of the Christian tradition. Gilson
carefully reviews how Aquinas grapples with the relation itself of
faith and reason and continuing through the existence and nature of
God and His creation, the world and its creatures, especially human
beings with their power of intellect, will, and moral life. He
concludes this study by discussing the life of people in society,
along with their purpose and final destiny. Gilson demonstrates
that Aquinas drew from a wide spectrum of sources in the
development of his thought-from the speculations of the ancient
Greeks such as Aristotle, to the Arabic and Jewish philosophers of
his time, as well as from Christian writers and scripture. The
Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas offers students of
philosophy and medieval studies an insightful introduction to the
thought of Aquinas and the Scholastic philosophy of the Middles
Ages, insights that are still revelant for today.
The best summary of this book is in the author's words from the foreword: "It is the proper aim and scope of the present book to show that the history of philosophy makes philosophical sense, and to define its meaning in regard to the nature of philosophical knowledge itself. For that reason, the various doctrines, as well as the definite parts of these doctrines, which have been taken into account in this volume, should not be considered as arbitrarily selected fragments from some abridged description of the medieval and modern philosophy, but as a series of concrete philosophical experiments especially chosen for their dogmatic significance. Each of them represents a definite attempt to deal with philosophical knowledge according to a certain method, and all of them, taken together, make up a philosophical experience. The fact that all those experiments have yielded the same result will, as I hope, justify the common conclusion... that there is a centuries long experience of what philosophical knowledge is and that such an experience exhibits a remarkable unity."
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Within this book is a historical interpretation of Meister
Eckhart's philosophical thought and because Eckhart is a
philosopher worthy of thought, we are now able to not only
understand his doctrine in its historical setting, but also to
pursue a definite metaphysical position to its ultimate
implications.
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