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Divine Infinity in Greek and Medieval Thought
Leo Sweeney
出版
P. Lang
, 1992
主題
Mathematics / Infinity
Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
Philosophy / History & Surveys / Medieval
Philosophy / Movements / Phenomenology
Philosophy / Political
Philosophy / Religious
Religion / General
Religion / Antiquities & Archaeology
Religion / Christian Church / History
ISBN
0820411787
9780820411781
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=HdHYAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
This volume was inspired by Etienne Gilson's query, made in the early 1950s, as to why medieval authors spoke of God's
being
as infinite, a statement found neither in Judaeo-Christian scriptures nor in Greek philosophy.
Divine Infinity in Greek and Medieval Thought
deals with Hellenic and Hellenistic philosophers such at the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Proclus, as well as with Eastern Church fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa and John Damascene. The book also draws on the works of Augustine and such medieval authors as Peter Lombard, Richard Fishacre, Bonaventure, and Aquinas. It concludes that infinity is predicated of God not only extrinsically, but also intrinsically: His very being is infinite - a predication resting on an Aristotelian theory of act/potency or on a Platonic version of participation.