On the Borders of Being and Knowing: Late Scholastic Theory of Supertranscendental Being

by John P. Doyle

Sylvester Mauro, S.J. (1619-1687) noted that human intellects can grasp what is, what is not, what can be, and what cannot be. The first principle, "it is not possible that the same thing simultaneously be and not be," involves them all. On the Borders of Being and Knowing begins with Greeks distinguishing "being" from "something" and proceeds to the late Scholastic doctrine of "supertranscendental being," which embraces both. On the way...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9058678954
• ISBN13: 9789058678959
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher