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Beatific Enjoyment in Medieval Scholastic Debates examines the
religious concept of enjoyment as discussed by scholastic
theologians in the Latin Middle Ages. Severin Kitanov argues that
central to the concept of beatific enjoyment (fruitio beatifica) is
the distinction between the terms enjoyment and use (frui et uti)
found in Saint Augustine's treatise On Christian Learning. Peter
Lombard, a twelfth-century Italian theologian, chose the enjoyment
of God to serve as an opening topic of his Sentences and thereby
set in motion an enduring scholastic discourse. Kitanov examines
the nature of volition and the relationship between volition and
cognition. He also explores theological debates on the definition
of enjoyment: whether there are different kinds and degrees of
enjoyment, whether natural reason unassisted by divine revelation
can demonstrate that beatific enjoyment is possible, whether
beatific enjoyment is the same as pleasure, whether it has an
intrinsic cognitive character, and whether the enjoyment of God in
heaven is a free or un-free act. Even though the concept of
beatific enjoyment is essentially religious and theological,
medieval scholastic authors discussed this concept by means of
Aristotle's logical and scientific apparatus and through the lens
of metaphysics, physics, psychology, and virtue ethics. Bringing
together Christian theological and Aristotelian scientific and
philosophical approaches to enjoyment, Kitanov exposes the
intricacy of the discourse and makes it intelligible for both
students and scholars.
Beatific Enjoyment in Medieval Scholastic Debates examines the
religious concept of enjoyment as discussed by scholastic
theologians in the Latin Middle Ages. Severin Kitanov argues that
central to the concept of beatific enjoyment (fruitio beatifica) is
the distinction between the terms enjoyment and use (frui et uti)
found in Saint Augustine's treatise On Christian Learning. Peter
Lombard, a twelfth-century Italian theologian, chose the enjoyment
of God to serve as an opening topic of his Sentences and thereby
set in motion an enduring scholastic discourse. Kitanov examines
the nature of volition and the relationship between volition and
cognition. He also explores theological debates on the definition
of enjoyment: whether there are different kinds and degrees of
enjoyment, whether natural reason unassisted by divine revelation
can demonstrate that beatific enjoyment is possible, whether
beatific enjoyment is the same as pleasure, whether it has an
intrinsic cognitive character, and whether the enjoyment of God in
heaven is a free or un-free act. Even though the concept of
beatific enjoyment is essentially religious and theological,
medieval scholastic authors discussed this concept by means of
Aristotle's logical and scientific apparatus and through the lens
of metaphysics, physics, psychology, and virtue ethics. Bringing
together Christian theological and Aristotelian scientific and
philosophical approaches to enjoyment, Kitanov exposes the
intricacy of the discourse and makes it intelligible for both
students and scholars.
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