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What is said can be understood only when seen in the context of what is not said. Many ancient and medieval philosophers use this dynamic of presence and absence. Gray shows how each author amplifies meaning in the distance between what he puts into his work and what he leaves unsaid.

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Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Phaedo's Trivia
2 Paideia, Schole, Paidia: Then and Now
3 Finality's Flameout
4 External Goods and Contemplation in Aristotle
5 Aristotle's Text on Justice
6 Freedom and Necessity in St. Anselm's Cur Deus Homo
7 Bonaventure's Proof of Trinity
8 Civil Obligation in Bonaventure and 20th Century Anarchists
9 Specification of Norm in the Jurisprudences of Aquinas, Austin and Kelsen
10 Ockham on Trusts
11 Las Casas' Medieval Ideology

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Riassunto

What is said can be understood only when seen in the context of what is not said. Many ancient and medieval philosophers use this dynamic of presence and absence. Gray shows how each author amplifies meaning in the distance between what he puts into his work and what he leaves unsaid.

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• Autori: Christopher B. Gray, Christopher Berry Gray, Gray Christopher Berry
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2013
• EAN: 9780761859208
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5920-8
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, LAW / General, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Hermeneutics, Social & political philosophy, Jurisprudence & general issues, Philosophy of religion, ancient philosophy, Topics in philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500