| book details |

Deus ut tentus vel visus: Die Debatte um die Seligkeit im reflexiven Akt (ca. 1293 â€“ 1320)

By (author) Thomas Jeschke

| on special |

normal price: R 14,261.95

Price: R 12,835.95

| add to trolley |

| book description |

In his Sentences Commentary (published ca. 1320), the Carmelite John Baconthorp discusses the question of whether beatitude is a reflexive act. He refers to John of Parisâ€™s view in which beatitude is an act of knowing that we possess God and Durandus of St. PourÃ§ainâ€™s view that it is knowing that we know God. The object of the first is God as possessed (Deus ut tentus) and the second is God as known (Deus ut visus). Taking Baconthorpâ€™s account as a starting point, the present study adopts a threefold approach: First it analyzes Baconthorpâ€™s text on its own terms. Next it reconstructs the 13th/14th-century debate on the basis of the original sources. Finally it compares Baconthorpâ€™s narration with the historical positions, drawing further conclusions about Baconthorpâ€™s specific methodology.