Pseudo-dionysius And the Metaphysics of Aquinas

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ISBN: 9780268037246 | 0268037248
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Copyright: 12/20/2005

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The only available work that investigates the pervasive influence of Pseudo-Dionysius on the formation of Thomas Aquinas's philosophy.

Preface to the 2005 Reprint

List of Abbreviations

xiii

Preface

PART ONE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD

Knowledge of God in Pseudo-Dionysius

(19)

Reason and Revelation

(4)

Causality and the Knowledge of God

(7)

Positive and Negative Names of God

(2)

Priority of Negation

(6)

Dionysian Elements in Aquinas' Discovery of God

(43)

Reason and Revelation

(9)

The Triplex Via of Divine Names

(10)

The Principle of Similitude

(3)

Participation: Ground of Predication

(4)

Primacy of Negative Knowledge

(17)

PART TWO TRANSCENDENCE OF BEING AND THE GOOD

Thearchia: The Transcendent Good

(20)

Transcendence of God as Being

(8)

Transcendence of God Beyond Being

(3)

God as Non-Being

(1)

God Beyond Being and Non-Being

(2)

The Meaning of `Non-Being' for Dionysius

(3)

Aquinas: Being, Non-Being and the Good

(32)

The Notion of the Good

(4)

Aquinas' Interpretation of Dionysius' Non-Being

(8)

Matter as Non-Being

(5)

God as Non-Being

(1)

Potency as Non-Being

(2)

Being as First Desired

(2)

Goodness, Being and Causality

(10)

Primacy of Being

109

(8)

PART THREE TRANSCENDENT CAUSALITY AND EXISTENCE

Unity of Divine Causation in Dionysius

117

(16)

Dionysius, Aquinas and Exodus 3, 14

130

(3)

Dionysian Elements in Aquinas' Notion of Being

133

(55)

Universal Being: the First Created Perfection

133

(10)

The Meaning of Esse Commune

143

(5)

Esse Commune and Ipsum Esse Subsistens

148

(7)

Virtus Essendi: Intensive Being in Dionysius and Aquinas

155

(33)

Virtual Quantity: the Language of Esse Intensivum

156

(11)

Virtual Intensity of Being

167

(7)

Esse Intensivum: Primary Act and Perfection

174

(6)

Dionysius, Source of Aquinas' Intensive Notion of Being

180

(8)

Goodness of God as Subsistent Being

188

(27)

Divine Identity, Simplicity and Immutability

197

(1)

Divine Perfection

198

(3)

Aquinas and the Good beyond Being

201

(14)

PART FOUR CREATIVE DIFFUSION OF THE GOOD

Pseudo-Dionysius: The Cycle of Creation

215

(10)

Creative Diffusion in Aquinas

225

(50)

Divine Good as Origin of Creation

225

(9)

Emanation and Return of Creatures

234

(7)

Diffusion of the Good: Efficient or Final Causation?

241

(9)

God's Creative Freedom

250

(5)

Presence and Transcendence of God

255

(5)

Hierarchy and Order of Beings

260

(15)

Epilogue

275

(2)

Bibliography

277

(22)

Index of Proper Names

299

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