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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Main Author: Salas, Victor M. 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2016]
In: American catholic philosophical quarterly
Year: 2016, Volume: 90, Issue: 4, Pages: 635-663
Further subjects:B BIBLE. Eclesiastes
B Nothing (Philosophy)
B Metaphysics
B God
B THOMAS, Aquinas, Saint, ca. 1225-1274
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