Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition: The Philosophy of Being as First Known by Kemple

Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition: The Philosophy of Being as First Known (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004352391)

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Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition: The Philosophy of Being as First Known by Kemple

Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition: The Philosophy of Being as First Known

$108.00
Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition: The Philosophy of Being as First Known by Kemple

Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition: The Philosophy of Being as First Known

$108.00
Format: Paperback
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Ens Primum Cognitum in Thomas Aquinas and the Tradition presents a reading of Thomas Aquinas' claim that "being" is the first object of the human intellect. Blending the insights of both the early Thomistic tradition (c.1380--1637AD) and the Leonine Thomistic revival (1879--present), Brian Kemple examines how this claim of Aquinas has been traditionally understood, and what is lacking in that understanding.

While the recent tradition has emphasized the primacy of the real (so-called ens reale) in human recognition of the primum cognitum, Kemple argues that this misinterprets Aquinas, thereby closing off Thomistic philosophy to the broader perspective needed to face the philosophical challenges of today, and proposes an alternative interpretation with dramatic epistemological and metaphysical consequences.



Author: Brian Kemple
ISBN-10: 9004352392
ISBN-13: 9789004352391
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 09/21/2017
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
By Brian Kemple
By Brian Kemple
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Brian Kemple, Ph.D. (2016), is a recent graduate of the Center for Thomistic Studies at the University of St. Thomas (Texas, USA). He writes on metaphysics, epistemology, phenomenology, and semiotics and is author of Peirce and Heidegger: The Intersection of Phenomenology and Semiotics (Mouton de Gruyter, 2017).

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