Treatise on the First Principle
Published on 3. June 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-64792-170-5 (ISBN)
Description
Seeking what he describes as "the utmost limit of the knowledge our natural reason can achieve . . . concerning the True Existence [that is God]," John Duns Scotus (1265-1308) offers in this treatise one of philosophy's most rigorous and ambitious attempts to deduce God's existence from purely metaphysical theorems. As elucidated by its concise philosophical commentary, Thomas M. Ward's new translation of the Treatise on the First Principle puts a masterpiece of natural theology within reach of a new generation of English-reading students of philosophy.
Reviews / Votes
"A very useful volume. The translation is clear, faithful, and eminently readable. The commentary hits exactly the right level. The writing is very clear; the difficulties are not shirked but instead carefully faced, and as an aid to study and comprehension of the text (which is a difficult one) it should be extremely valuable."-Thomas Williams, Isabelle A. and Henry D. Martin Professor of Medieval Philosophy, Georgetown University
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64792-170-5 (9781647921705)
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