Creation as Emanation - The Origin of Diversity in Albert the Great's On the Causes and the Procession of the Universe

Creation as Emanation examines Albert's reading of The Book of Causes with an eye toward two questions: First, how does Albert view the relation between faith and reason, so that he can identify creation from nothing with emanation from God? And second, how does he understand Platonism and Aristotelianism, so that he can avoid the misreadings of his fellow theologians by finding in a late-fifth-century Neoplatonist the key to Aristotle's meaning?

About the author

Thérèse Bonin is associate professor and acting chair of philosophy at Duquesne University.

Summary

Examining Albert's reading of "The Book of Causes", this text asks: how does he view the relation between faith and reason to identify creation with emanation from God; and how does he understand Platonism and Aristotelianism to find in a 5th-century Neoplatonist the key to Aristotle's meaning.

Product details

• Authors: Magnus Albertus, Theraese M. Bonin, Therese Bonin, Therese M. Bonin
• Publisher: University Of Notre Dame Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2001
• EAN: 9780268023515
• ISBN: 978-0-268-02351-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Publications in Medieval Studies; Publications in Medieval Studi; Publications in Medieval Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous