| Description |
xvi, 326 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Ancient and medieval philosophy ; ser. I, 44 |
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Ancient and medieval philosophy. Series 1 ; 44.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Sylvester Mauro, S.J. (1619-1687) noted that human intellects can grasp what is, what is not, what can be, and what cannot be. The first principle, 'it is not possible that the same thing simultaneously be and not be, ' involves them all. The present volume begins with Greeks distinguishing 'being' from 'something' and proceeds to the late Scholastic doctrine of 'supertranscendental being', which embraces both. On the way is Aristotle's distinction between 'being as being' and 'being as true' and his extension of the latter to include impossible objects. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Language |
Text in English with extensive quotations from source documents in Latin. |
| Subject |
Ontology.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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Transcendentalism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Salas, Victor M.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Some late scholastic thoughts on supertranscendental being |
| ISBN |
9058678954 |
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9789058678959 |
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9789461660688 (electronic bk.) |
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