Bonaventure on the Vanity of Being: Towards a Metaphysic of Ecclesiastes
This article explores Bonaventure's metaphysical account of creation, which holds that at the heart of every creature is a sort of metaphysical vanity. That vanity stems from the exigencies of a creation metaphysics in which the creator-God draws every creature out of nothingness into being. Bu...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
[2016]
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American catholic philosophical quarterly
Year: 2016, Volume: 90, Issue: 4, Pages: 635-663 |
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BIBLE. Eclesiastes
B Nothing (Philosophy) B Metaphysics B God B THOMAS, Aquinas, Saint, ca. 1225-1274 |
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