| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 289 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 93
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Studien und Texte zur Geistesgeschichte des Mittelalters ; Bd. 93.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index. |
| Summary |
"Absolute Beginners adopts a variety of approaches to study the Absolute as the ultimate source of knowledge in medieval philosophy. From a historical perspective, it examines a forerunner of Spinoza's departure from the Absolute in the Ethics: the doctrine of God as a first object in the generation of knowledge, as formulated by Henry of Ghent (died 1293) and Richard Covington (died 1330). Methodologically, it offers a case-study in the construction of an historical object, calling into question the self-evident and spontaneous way in which elements in the history of philosophy - its concepts and theories - are presented as primary givens. In a systematic sense, this study includes a reflection on structural indeterminacy, as pervading and stabilizing the differential system of exclusions which makes up the doctrine of God as a first object in the generation of knowledge."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in German; appendices and some notes in Latin; summary in English. |
| Subject |
Knowledge, Theory of -- History -- To 1500.
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Knowledge, Theory of. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Absolute, The -- History -- To 1500.
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Absolute, The. |
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God -- History of doctrines.
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God -- History of doctrines. |
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Philosophy, Medieval.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Philosophy, Medieval. |
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God.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Subject |
Metafysica.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Goris, Wouter. Absolute beginners. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2007034513 (OCoLC)166382499 |
| ISBN |
9789047421962 (electronic book) |
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9047421965 (electronic book) |
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9789004162150 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004162151 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004162150.i-294 |
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