Being and Some Philosophers
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Being and Some Philosophers is a seminal philosophical study by Étienne Gilson that traces the historical development and interpretations of the concept of being from ancient to modern thought.
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Target entity: Being and Some Philosophers Context triple: [Étienne Gilson, notable work, Being and Some Philosophers]
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Being and Time
Being and Time is Martin Heidegger’s seminal 1927 philosophical work that fundamentally reshaped existential phenomenology and 20th-century continental philosophy.
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A Short History of Modern Philosophy
A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a concise survey of major Western philosophers from Descartes to Wittgenstein, written as an accessible introduction to modern philosophical thought.
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A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning)
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) is a posthumously published, dense and experimental work by Martin Heidegger that elaborates his later thinking on being, history, and the event (Ereignis).
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E.
Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness is Jean-Paul Sartre’s major philosophical treatise that systematically develops his existentialist ontology and analysis of human freedom, consciousness, and bad faith.
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Target entity: Being and Some Philosophers Target entity description: Being and Some Philosophers is a seminal philosophical study by Étienne Gilson that traces the historical development and interpretations of the concept of being from ancient to modern thought.
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A.
Being and Time
Being and Time is Martin Heidegger’s seminal 1927 philosophical work that fundamentally reshaped existential phenomenology and 20th-century continental philosophy.
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B.
A Short History of Modern Philosophy
A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a concise survey of major Western philosophers from Descartes to Wittgenstein, written as an accessible introduction to modern philosophical thought.
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C.
A History of Western Philosophy
A History of Western Philosophy is Bertrand Russell’s comprehensive survey of Western philosophical thought from the pre-Socratics to the early 20th century, combining exposition with critical commentary.
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D.
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning)
Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) is a posthumously published, dense and experimental work by Martin Heidegger that elaborates his later thinking on being, history, and the event (Ereignis).
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E.
Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness is Jean-Paul Sartre’s major philosophical treatise that systematically develops his existentialist ontology and analysis of human freedom, consciousness, and bad faith.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
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University of Toronto ⓘ |
| author | Étienne Gilson ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
20th-century Thomistic revival
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Catholic philosophical thought ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| describedAs | seminal study of the concept of being ⓘ |
| discusses |
Aristotle
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René Descartes ⓘ
surface form:
Descartes
Duns Scotus ⓘ Francisco Suárez ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
modern philosophy ⓘ |
| examines |
ancient interpretations of being
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historical development of the concept of being ⓘ medieval interpretations of being ⓘ modern interpretations of being ⓘ |
| focusesOn | ontology ⓘ |
| genre |
history of philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasNotableConcept |
critique of univocal concept of being
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historical method in metaphysics ⓘ primacy of existence in Thomism ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPerspective | Thomism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a classic in metaphysics scholarship ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
act and potency
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analogy of being ⓘ existence and essence ⓘ history of metaphysical concepts ⓘ real distinction between essence and existence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Metaphysics by Aristotle
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Aristotelian metaphysics
Thomistic metaphysics ONNED1 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
concept of being
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metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Christian philosophy
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Scholasticism ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
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The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
seminary metaphysics courses
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university philosophy courses ⓘ |
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