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14Book Review: Philosophies of Existence: Ancient and Medieval. Parviz Morewedge. (review)Ancient Philosophy 7 259-61. 1987.
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44Aquina's Ultimate Ends: A Reply to GrisezAmerican Journal of Jurisprudence 46 (1): 37-49. 2001.A large part of the ambitious project that Grisez sketches in his paper can reasonably be thought of as developing and extending in interesting ways ideas of Thomas Aquinas. But in Part IV of the paper Grisez dramatically parts company with Aquinas on what might seem a fundamental issue. Aquinas famously holds that human beings find their ultimate fulfillment in beatific vision of God. Grisez tells us that, as he understands that claim, it is false.
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149The Esse/Essentia Argument in Aquinas's De ente et essentiaJournal of the History of Philosophy 22 (2): 157-72. 1984.The purpose of the article is to offer a detailed exegetical analysis of the argument in chapter four of "de ente et essentia" in which aquinas argues for a distinction between "esse" and essence and to develop an interpretation of it on the basis of the analysis. I argue that the reconstructed argument shows that aquinas argues for a real distinction and that he establishes it earlier in the argument than some commentators have thought. I criticize a rival interpretation of the argument defende…Read more
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1Augustine, Confessions (ca. 400)In Jorge J. E. Gracia, Gregory M. Reichberg & Bernard N. Schumacher (eds.), The Classics of Western Philosophy: A Reader's Guide, Wiley-blackwell. pp. 96. 2003.
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19In Memoriam: Norman Kretzmann, 1928-1998Journal of Nietzsche Studies 7 (2): 111-114. 1998.Mos enim amicorum est ut cum amicus ad suam exaltationem vadit, de eius recessu minus desolentur
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