On Efficient Causality: Metaphysical Disputations 17, 18, and 19 (Yale Library of Medieval Philosophy Series)

Francisco Suarez S.J.; Alfred J. Freddoso, trans.

ISBN 10: 0300060076 / ISBN 13: 9780300060072

Published by Yale University Press, 1994

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There is a price and a letter written in pencil on the front free endpaper. Two pages of the text contain a little underlining in pen and ink. The rest of the text is clean and unmarked. The cover is worn on three of the four outside corners, and at the top and bottom of the spine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Efficient Causality: Metaphysical Disputations 17, 18, and 19 (Yale Library of Medieval Philosophy Series)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300060076
• ISBN 13: 9780300060072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

The Spanish Jesuit Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) 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. The Disputationes Metaphysicae had a great influence on the development of early modern philosophy and on such well-known figures as Descartes and Leibniz. This is the first time that Disputations 17, 18, and 19 have been translated into English.

The Metaphysical Disputations provide an excellent philosophical introduction to the medieval Aristotelian discussion of efficient causality. The work constitutes a synthesis of monumental proportions: problematic issues are lucidly delineated and the various arguments are laid out in depth. Disputations 17, 18, and 19 deal explicitly with such issues as the nature of causality, the types of efficient causes, the prerequisites for causal action, causal contingency, human free choice, and chance.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin