Bøger i Studies in Philosophy & the History of Philosophy serien

A collection of essays that deals with Thomas Aquinas's metaphysical thought. The volume begins with a presentation and critical evaluation of 20th-century attempts to describe his philosophical thought, and goes on to explain the interrelationship between philosophy and the sciences.

Comprises ten essays that mediate between Scholastic concerns and contemporary philosophical issues, and address key issues - from historical as well as substantive standpoint. The essays are written in the conviction that there is much to be learned from the schoolmen even when one fails to agree with their substantive doctrinal positions.

Presents readings of six of the theoretical works of Cusa. It locates him in the Christian Neoplatonic tradition, demonstrating how he worked on his own synthesis of that tradition by fashioning a conjectural view of main categories of Christian thought: God, the universe, Jesus and human beings.