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St. Augustine and Being

A Metaphysical Essay [Paperback]

by James F. Anderson

    • Author

      James F. Anderson

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Springer

    • Published

      January 1965

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      The properly metaphysical dimension of Augustine's thought has received little special attention among scholars - even "Scholastics. " The Thomist metaphysicians - especially we "Anglo-Saxon" ones - receive first honors for being the most neglectful of all. Why? I t is a puzzling phenomenon particularly in the light of the fact (recognized by almost every Thomist) that the very existence of Thomas the theologian is inconceivable apart from his pre-eminent Christian mentor in the intellectual life, the Bishop of Hippo. It is a puzzling phenomenon because, although the Christian metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas is not the Christian metaphysics of Augustine, these metaphysics could not be simply opposed to one another, else the theologies wherein they exercise the indispensable function of vital rational organs would themselves be discordant. But what respectable "Scholas- tic" would deny that, in their essential teaching about God and the things of God, the thought of these two masters is remarkably congruent?
      May I suggest that one of the major reasons for this paradoxical neglect of Augustinian metaphysics on the part of Thomists (above all, in the English-speaking world) is their simplistic assumption that whereas Aquinas was an Aristotelian in phi- losophy, Augustine was a Platonist, despite the fact that in theology they were substantially at one - as if there could be theological agreement, formally speaking, even where there is metaphysical disagreement, formally speaking.

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      • Author

        James F. Anderson

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Springer

      • Published

        January 1965

      • Edition

        1965 ed.

      • Weight

        141g

      • Page Count

        76

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 5 mm

      • ISBN

        9789401186551

      • ISBN-10

        9401186553

      • Eden Code

        4307536

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      • Author/Creator: James F. Anderson

      • ISBN: 9789401186551

      • Publisher: Springer

      • Release Date: January 1965

      • Weight: 141g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 5 mm

      • Eden Code: 4307536


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