
Rory Fox challenges the traditional understanding that Thomas Aquinas believed that God exists totally outside of time. His study investigates the work of several mid-thirteenth-century writers, including Albert the Great and Bonaventure as well as Aquinas, examining their understanding of the topological and metrical properties of time. Fox thus provides access to a wealth of material on medieval concepts of time and eternity, while using the conceptual tools of modern analytic philosophy to express his conclusions.
Does Thomas Aquinas truly posit that God exists entirely outside of time, or does the mid-thirteenth-century intellectual climate suggest a more nuanced metaphysical framework? Rory Fox, an academic researcher in theology and philosophy, evaluates the writings of key medieval thinkers to challenge established interpretations of divine temporality. By applying the rigorous analytical tools of modern philosophy to medieval texts, Fox constructs a revised understanding of how these figures conceptualized the relationship between eternity and temporal duration.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Scholars and students of medieval philosophy frequently note the high level of academic density and the technical precision of Fox's prose. Experts highlight this work as a significant contribution to the ongoing debate regarding scholastic metaphysics and the interpretation of Aquinas's temporal theories.
Page Count:
400
Publication Date:
2006-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0191536598
ISBN-13:
9780191536595
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