De ente et essentia
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De ente et essentia is a foundational philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically analyzes the concepts of being and essence within an Aristotelian and scholastic framework.
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| instanceOf |
metaphysical work
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philosophical treatise → scholastic work → |
| academicContext |
medieval university curriculum
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| aimsTo |
clarify the notions of being and essence
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| author |
Thomas Aquinas
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| canonicalStatus |
foundational text of Thomistic metaphysics
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| centuryOfWork |
13th century
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| circulation |
manuscript tradition in the Middle Ages
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| countryOfOrigin |
Kingdom of France
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| dateWritten |
1250s
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| discusses |
God as pure act of being
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analogy of being → composition of substance → essence in immaterial substances → essence in material substances → real distinction between essence and existence → |
| hasModernEditions |
critical Latin editions
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modern translations into various languages → |
| hasPart |
chapters
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prologue → |
| influenced |
Catholic metaphysics
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Thomism → late medieval scholasticism → modern Thomistic philosophy → |
| influencedBy |
Albert the Great
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Aristotle → Avicenna → Boethius → |
| languageOfWork |
Latin
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| mainTopic |
being
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essence → metaphysics → |
| philosophicalConcept |
esse
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essentia → form and matter → substance and accidents → |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
metaphysics
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ontology → philosophy of being → |
| philosophicalTradition |
Aristotelianism
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Scholasticism → |
| placeOfOrigin |
University of Paris
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| structure |
short treatise
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| titleLanguage |
Latin
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| titleTranslation |
On Being and Essence
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| usedIn |
Thomistic metaphysics courses
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Referenced by (1)
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St. Thomas Aquinas
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