God's knowledge of the world: medieval theories of divine ideas from Bonaventure to Ockham
"God's Knowledge of the World examines theories of divine ideas from approximately 1250-1325 AD (St. Bonaventure through Ockham). It is the only work dedicated to categorizing and comparing the major theories of divine ideas in the Scholastic period. A theory of divine ideas was the standa...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
The Catholic University of America Press
[2022]
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
/ Scholasticism
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
God (Christianity)
Omniscience
History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
B Scholasticism |
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| Summary: | "God's Knowledge of the World examines theories of divine ideas from approximately 1250-1325 AD (St. Bonaventure through Ockham). It is the only work dedicated to categorizing and comparing the major theories of divine ideas in the Scholastic period. A theory of divine ideas was the standard Scholastic response to the question how does God know and produce the world? A theory was deemed to be successful only if it simultaneously upheld that God has perfect knowledge and that he is supremely simple and one. These questions cause the Scholastic authors to articulate clearly, among other things, their positions on the nature of knowledge, relation, exemplar causality, participation, infinity, and possibility. An author's theory of divine ideas, then, is the locus for him to test the coherence of his metaphysical, epistemological, and logical principles"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0813235545 |