| Titre : |
The Metaphysics of Creation. Aquinas's Natural Theology in Summa contra Gentiles II |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
KRETZMANN, Norman, Auteur |
| Mention d'édition : |
1 |
| Editeur : |
Oxford : Clarendon Press |
| Année de publication : |
2001 |
| Importance : |
485 p |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-19-823787-7 |
| Langues : |
Français (fre) |
| Résumé : |
About this book: Norman Kretzmann expounds and criticizes Aquinas's natural theology of creation, which is `natural' (or philosophical) in virtue of Aquinas's having developed it without depending on the data of Scripture. The Metaphysics of Creation is a continuation of the project Kretzmann began in The Metaphysics of Theism, moving the focus from the first to the second book of Aquinas's Summa contra gentiles.
Here we find Aquinas building upon his account of the existence and nature of God, arguing that the existence of things other than God must be explained by divine creation out of nothing. He develops arguments to identify God's motivation for creating, to defend the possibility of a beginningless created universe, and to explain the origin of species. He then focuses exclusively on creatures with intellects, with the result that more than half of his natural theology of creation constitutes a philosophy of mind. Kretzmann gives a masterful guide through all these arguments. As before, he not only expounds Aquinas's natural theology, but advocates it as the best historical instance available to us. |
| Note de contenu : |
09/12/02 |
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The Metaphysics of Creation. Aquinas's Natural Theology in Summa contra Gentiles II (2001)
