A Companion to Angels in Medieval Philosophy
Biographical note
Tobias Hoffmann, Ph.D. (1999) in Philosophy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. He has published extensively on practical philosophy and metaphysics, especially in Aquinas, Henry of Ghent, and Duns Scotus.
Readership
All those interested in medieval philosophy and theology, intellectual history, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language
Reviews
“The issue of the role of angels in the history of Christian medieval spirituality […] will greatly benefit from the intellectual rigour and clarity of the present volume.”
Isabel Iribarren, Université de Strasbourg. In: British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2013), pp. 201-203.
Isabel Iribarren, Université de Strasbourg. In: British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2013), pp. 201-203.
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Aquinas on the Demonstrability of Angels
Gregory T. Doolan
II. Metaphysical Composition of Angels in Bonaventure, Aquinas, and Godfrey of Fontaines
John F. Wippel
III. The Individuation of Angels from Bonaventure to Duns Scotus
Giorgio Pini
IV. Angelic Time and Motion: Bonaventure to Duns Scotus
Richard Cross
V. Angelic Knowledge in Aquinas and Bonaventure
Harm Goris
VI. Duns Scotus on Angelic Knowledge
Timothy B. Noone
VII. Angelic Language and Communication
Bernd Roling
VIII. Augustine and Anselm on Angelic Sin
Peter King
IX. Theories of Angelic Sin from Aquinas to Ockham
Tobias Hoffmann
Bibliography
Index of Manuscripts
Index of Names
Introduction
I. Aquinas on the Demonstrability of Angels
Gregory T. Doolan
II. Metaphysical Composition of Angels in Bonaventure, Aquinas, and Godfrey of Fontaines
John F. Wippel
III. The Individuation of Angels from Bonaventure to Duns Scotus
Giorgio Pini
IV. Angelic Time and Motion: Bonaventure to Duns Scotus
Richard Cross
V. Angelic Knowledge in Aquinas and Bonaventure
Harm Goris
VI. Duns Scotus on Angelic Knowledge
Timothy B. Noone
VII. Angelic Language and Communication
Bernd Roling
VIII. Augustine and Anselm on Angelic Sin
Peter King
IX. Theories of Angelic Sin from Aquinas to Ockham
Tobias Hoffmann
Bibliography
Index of Manuscripts
Index of Names
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