| Absolute Beginners: Der Mittelalterliche Beitrag Zu Einem Ausgang Vom Unbedingten Contributor(s): Goris, Wouter (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004162151 ISBN-13: 9789004162150 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: "Absolute Beginners" is a multi-approach study of the founding role of the Absolute as the very beginning of knowledge in medieval philosophy (Henry of Ghent, Richard Conington), the subject being addressed from historical, methodological, and systematic perspectives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval |
| Dewey: 111.6 |
| LCCN: 2007034513 |
| Series: Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.6" W x 9.7" (1.65 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Absolute Beginners adopts a variety of approaches to study the Absolute as the ultimate source of knowledge in medieval philosophy. From a historical perspective, it examines a forerunner of Spinoza's departure from the Absolute in the Ethics: the doctrine of God as a first object in the generation of knowledge, as formulated by Henry of Ghent (+1293) and Richard Conington (+1330). Methodologically, it offers a case-study in the construction of an historical object, calling into question the self-evident and spontaneous way in which elements in the history of philosophy - its concepts and theories - are presented as primary givens. In a systematic sense, this study includes a reflection on structural indeterminacy, as pervading and stabilizing the differential system of exclusions which makes up the doctrine of God as a first object in the generation of knowledge. |