Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-025288
Reviews
"The book's footnotes constitute a terrific, topically arranged guide to the primary sources." - Speculum, "The substantial and detailed analysis of the texts of both authors will prove an invaluable work of reference for students of Pseudo-Dionysius and Aquinas." -- International Philosophical Quarterly, ". . . the completeness of O'Rourke's survey of the vast quantity of relevant (and often untranslated) text, as well as his extensive knowledge and prudent employment of the multilingual literature, make it a genuinely useful resource for scholars. . . Thus, because of its exhaustive historical scholarship, its even-handedness and its continued philosophical cogency, the reissue of O'Rourke's book can be greeted with applause." -- Journal of Ecclesiastical History, This is one of the two or three most important books on Aquinas published in the last fifty years., "... The completeness of O'Rourke's survey of the vast quantity of relevant (and often untranslated) text, as well as his extensive knowledge and prudent employment of the multilingual literature, make it a genuinely useful resource for scholars...." -- Journal of Ecclesiastical History , 59, 1, January 2008, "The substantial and detailed analysis of the texts of both authors will prove an invaluable work of reference for students of Pseudo-Dionysius and Aquinas." - International Philosophical Quarterly, "Although the argumentation of the book is subtle and profoundly conceived, it is stated with the most lucid and compelling clarity. The book was a labour of love and is certain to remain for many decades or more the standard work in an extraordinarily difficult area of the history of metaphysics." - International Journal of Philosophical Studies, "The book's footnotes constitute a terrific, topically arranged guide to the primary sources." -- Speculum, "Although the argumentation of the book is subtle and profoundly conceived, it is stated with the most lucid and compelling clarity. The book was a labour of love and is certain to remain for many decades or more the standard work in an extraordinarily difficult area of the history of metaphysics." -- International Journal of Philosophical Studies, "… The completeness of O'Rourke's survey of the vast quantity of relevant (and often untranslated) text, as well as his extensive knowledge and prudent employment of the multilingual literature, make it a genuinely useful resource for scholars…." - Journal of Ecclesiastical History , 59, 1, January 2008, "This is one of the two or three most important books on Aquinas published in the last fifty years." --Alasdair MacIntyre, University of Notre Dame
Dewey Edition
22
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Dewey Decimal
186/.4
Synopsis
This work investigates the pervasive influence of Pseudo-Dionysius on Aquinas, while at the same time examining the latter's originality., 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., The only available work that investigates the pervasive influence of Pseudo-Dionysius on the formation of Thomas Aquinas's philosophy., Although Pseudo-Dionysius was, after Aristotle, the author whom Thomas Aquinas quoted most frequently, little attention has been paid to the role of this Neoplatonist thinker in the formation of Aquinas's 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.
LC Classification Number
B765.T54O78 2005
ebay_catalog_id
4
Copyright Date
2005