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On the borders of being and knowing [electronic resource] : some late scholastic thoughts on supertranscendental being / John P. Doyle ; edited by Victor M. Salas.

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Doyle, John P, 1930-

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Language: English, Latin Series: Ancient and medieval philosophy. Series 1 ; ; 44.Publication details: Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University Press, 2012.Description: xvi, 326 p. : illOther title:

Some late scholastic thoughts on supertranscendental being

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Electronic books.

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BD331 .D68 2012eb

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Summary: Sylvester Mauro, S.J. (1619-1687) noted that human intellects can grasp what is, what is not, what can be, and what cannot be. The first principle, 'it is not possible that the same thing simultaneously be and not be, ' involves them all. The present volume begins with Greeks distinguishing 'being' from 'something' and proceeds to the late Scholastic doctrine of 'supertranscendental being', which embraces both. On the way is Aristotle's distinction between 'being as being' and 'being as true' and his extension of the latter to include impossible objects.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sylvester Mauro, S.J. (1619-1687) noted that human intellects can grasp what is, what is not, what can be, and what cannot be. The first principle, 'it is not possible that the same thing simultaneously be and not be, ' involves them all. The present volume begins with Greeks distinguishing 'being' from 'something' and proceeds to the late Scholastic doctrine of 'supertranscendental being', which embraces both. On the way is Aristotle's distinction between 'being as being' and 'being as true' and his extension of the latter to include impossible objects.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Text in English with extensive quotations from source documents in Latin.

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