TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perl,Eric David
TI  - Thinking being: introduction to metaphysics in the classical tradition 
T2  - Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts,
SN  - 9789004265769
AV  - B532.M48 P47 2014
U1  - 110.9 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Metaphysics
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - Philosophy, Medieval
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter; Eric D. Perl --; Introduction; Eric D. Perl --; Parmenides; Eric D. Perl --; Plato; Eric D. Perl --; Aristotle; Eric D. Perl --; Plotinus; Eric D. Perl --; Thomas Aquinas; Eric D. Perl --; Bibliography; Eric D. Perl --; Indexes; Eric D. Perl
N2  - In Thinking Being , Eric Perl articulates central ideas and arguments regarding the nature of reality in Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Aquinas. He shows that, throughout this tradition, these ideas proceed from and return to the indissoluble togetherness of thought and being, first clearly expressed by Parmenides. The emphasis throughout is on continuity rather than opposition: Aristotle appears as a follower of Plato in identifying being as intelligible form, and Aquinas as a follower of Plotinus in locating the first principle “beyond being”. Hence Neoplatonism, itself a coherent development of Platonic thought, comes to be seen as the mainstream of classical philosophy. Perl’s book thus contributes to a revisionist understanding of the fundamental outlines of the western tradition in metaphysics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004265769
ER  -