| Deus UT Tentus Vel Visus: Die Debatte Um Die Seligkeit Im Reflexiven Akt (Ca. 1293 - 1320) Contributor(s): Jeschke, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004191879 ISBN-13: 9789004191877 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $322.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: German Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Religion | Christian Living - General - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 241.4 |
| LCCN: 2010043975 |
| Series: Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters |
| Physical Information: 880 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his Sentences Commentary (published ca. 1320), the Carmelite John Baconthorp discusses the question of whether beatitude is a reflexive act. He refers to John of Paris's view in which beatitude is an act of knowing that we possess God and Durandus of St. Pour ain's view that it is knowing that we know God. The object of the first is God as possessed (Deus ut tentus) and the second is God as known (Deus ut visus). Taking Baconthorp's account as a starting point, the present study adopts a threefold approach: First it analyzes Baconthorp's text on its own terms. Next it reconstructs the 13th/14th-century debate on the basis of the original sources. Finally it compares Baconthorp's narration with the historical positions, drawing further conclusions about Baconthorp's specific methodology. |