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Suarez on metaphysical inquir y, efficient causality, and divine action this introductory essay has a more ambitious aim than might at first seem appropriate. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Francisco suarez is undoubtedly a preeminent figure in iberian scholasticism and his disputationes metaphysicae is likely his most influential work. Thanks in part to the strength of suarezs jesuit order, his disputationes metaphysicae was widely taught in the catholic schools of spain, portugal and italy. His most important philosophical work was the disputationes metaphysicae 1597. Critical edition of several works of francisco suarez several works. In this work, which treats especially the problems of human will and the concept of general versus particular phenomena, suarez drew upon. The two large folio volumes of the disputationes metaphysicae appeared in salamanca in 1597. Suarez opens his systematically ordered disputationes metaphysicae by. Francisco suarez 15481617 was a highly influential philosopher and theologian of the second scholastic or early modern scholasticism, that is, the revitalized philosophical and theological inquiry of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, conducted within the tradition shaped by thomas aquinas, duns scotus, and other medieval scholastics.
Rolf darge, suarez disputationes metaphysicae and the. Thomas had imposed a conservative thomist orthodoxy. Francisco suarez stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Metaphysical disputations 17, 18, and 19 yale library of medieval philosophy series francisco suarez s. Francisco suarez, metaphysical disputations disputation 18, section 3 the principle by which created substances produce accidents 1. Disputationes metaphysicae work by suarez britannica. The distinction between continuants and occurrents answers to the. His exposition is always thoughtful and compendious. Dispuationes metaphysicae in their systematic and historical context, prague, october, 2008.
Reference is abbreviated disputationes and is to disputation, section and number. The list is organized alphabetically by the latin titles of the works. These disputations, which deal with the divine actions of creation, conservation, and concurrence, form the last half of suarezs treatment of efficient causality. Francisco suarez 5 january 1548 25 september 1617 was a spanish jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the school of salamanca movement, and generally regarded among the greatest scholastics after thomas aquinas.
The contributions of suarez to metaphysics and theology exerted significant influence over 17th and 18th century scholastic theology among both roman catholics and protestants. The citizens of the republic of the scholars commemorate this year the fourth centenary of francisco suarez 15481617, the doctor eximius. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. For yet another assessment of suarez philosophy in this area, as a realist conceptualist, see j. Even though the substantial form is the actuality of the matter, this does not deprive matter of its casual efficacy. I argue that this work, although prima facie straightforwardly clear, is on a. In addition to the texts to which i link here, i should note that the digital library of the catholic reformation includes scans of numerous early editions of suarez.
The culmination of the metaphysics of franciso suarez, in which he aims to establish the. Editions and translations of the metaphysical works of francisco suarez. Soto and fonseca and suarez are also thomists in some sense. Francisco suarez, disputationes metaphysicae in latin. It is against this overall backdrop, especially the theological tracts, that suarezs famous disputationes metaphysicae must be seen, if for no better reason than that this is the way suarez viewed. The systematic framework of the disputationes metaphysicae. Utrum inter efficientes causas sint aliquae absque necessitate et cum libertate operantes opera omnia bd. Metpahysicae justice, insofar disputatjones it is the sovereigns justice, governs also the enjoyment of property rights. Alleta di sedici anni entro nella compagnia di gesu a salamanca, ove studio filosofia e teologia per cinque anni, dal 1565 al 1570. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The present work completes thus freddosos translation of suarezs full account of efficient causality in the disputationes metaphysicae.
Francisco suarez was born into a prosperous family in the andalusian city of granada on january. Francisco suarez january 5, 1548 september 25, 1617 at the suggestion of the institute for advanced jesuit studies, boston college libraries has digitized and made accessible 119 volumes of the works of francisco suarez. Ad lectorem the reason for, and an outline of, the whole work. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. My goal is to put the reader in a position not only to understand what. Francisco suarez 15481617 was a highly influential philosopher and. Suarez, francisco internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Aug 02, 2019 within this corpus most of the philosophical interest has gone to the monumental disputationes metaphysicae metaphysical disputations.
Michael renemann naheres hier index locupletissimus in metaphysicam aristotelis prof. Without claiming to be exhaustive, the author simply selects a number of central themes such as metaphysics, god, mind, ethics, law, political power and war, within suarezs work, and relates them to the chapters that compose this book. Suarez on metaphysical inquiry, efficient causality, and divine action. Soto says that no one who is versed in aristode can. A substance produces an accident either i by means of an accident or ii by itself alone and through itself. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Kodi archive and support file community software vintage software apk msdos cdrom software cdrom software library console living room software sites tucows software library shareware cdroms software capsules compilation cdrom images zx spectrum doom level cd. The man in history, american catholic philosophical. Univocalization of the concept of being and transcendental properties, reification of the actpotency doctrine, ontologization of individuality. Disputationes metaphysicae, and of his more particular treatment of divine action in disputations 2022. Francisco suarez on metaphysics as the science of real beings. Disputationes metaphysicae pdf within this corpus most of the philosophical interest has gone to the monumental disputationes metaphysicae metaphysical disputations. Thomas aquinas, and the major theologian of the roman catholic order, the society of jesus jesuits.
Francisco suarez 5 january 1548 25 september 1617 was a spanish jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the school of salamanca movement. Disputation 18, section 3 the principle by which created. Disputationes metaphysicae and their main systematic strains. Selections from three works online library of liberty.
My goal is to put the reader in a position not only to understand what suarez is saying but also to appreciate the fact that his conception of metaphys. Suarez on aristotelian causality offers the first comprehensive account of francisco suarezs position with respect to the four aristotelian causes in his metaphysical disputations. Francisco suarez, disputationes metaphysicae per approfondire. His work is considered a turning point in the history of second scholasticism, marking the transition from its renaissance to its baroque phases. The disputationes metaphysicae had a great influence on the development of early modern philosophy and on such wellknown figures as descartes and leibniz. Good quality scans of a number of his works are available notably, of the valuable 1597 edition of disputationes metaphysicae, thanks especially to several european libraries. Francisco suarez, disputationes metaphysicae, salamanca, 1607. Suarez canvasses and criticizes six answers before giving his own answer. Francisco suarez covered a considerable number of canonical philosophical problems.
Suarez disputationes metaphysicae and the medieval doctrines of the transcendentals. In francisco suarez study in philosophy is the disputationes metaphysicae 1597, which was used for more than a century as a textbook at most european universities, catholic and protestant alike. The divergence in form of the disputationes metaphysicae from most earlier scholastic. He then gives extended expositions of and answers to the difficulties proposed. The spanish jesuit francisco suarez 15481617 was an eminent philosopher and theologian whose disputationes metaphysicae was first published in spain in 1597 and was widely studied throughout europe during the seventeenth century. Diese kleine abhandlung ist zum ersten mal im jahre 1498 erschienen.
A brief look at the history of this work should lay to rest any suggestion that iberian scholasticism was merely a quaint relic in a conservativeand catholicoutpost of europe. Information on disputationes metaphysicae by francisco suarez. Within this corpus most of the philosophical interest has gone to the monumental disputationes metaphysicae metaphysical disputations. Suarez on metaphysical inquir y, efficient causality, and. The paper presents seven basic features of francisco suarezs metaphysics.