Making Motions in a Language we do not Understand: The Apophaticism of Thomas Aquinas and Victor Preller

Victor Preller's Divine Science and the Science of God makes an unjustly neglected contribution to understanding the apophaticism of Thomas Aquinas and, by extension, the possibilities and constraints of theological discourse. Preller contends that, according to Thomas, God-talk can be meaningf...

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Main Author: Eitel, Adam (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2012
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2012, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-33
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