Divine Infinity in Greek and Medieval Thought: Foreword by Denis O'Brien Second Printing

by Leo Sweeney

Book Overview

This volume was inspired by Etienne Gilson's query, made in the early 1950s, as to why medieval authors spoke of God's being as infinite, a statement found neither in Judaeo-Christian scriptures nor in Greek philosophy. Divine Infinity in Greek and Medieval Thought deals with Hellenic and Hellenistic philosophers such at the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Proclus, as well as with Eastern Church fathers such as Gregory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820440434
• ISBN13: 9780820440439
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 569 Pages