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Gilson on Henry of Ghent on Divine Ideas, Esse Essentiae, and Related Topics
1 Comment Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen August 5th, 2006 in Avicenna, Divine Ideas, Duns Scotus, Esse essentiae, Etienne Gilson, Henry of Ghent, Late Medieval StudiesGilson has a brief but dense section in his Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages on the very interesting figure, Henry of Ghent. According to Henry, the divine ideas are not created and are themselves God. They have no subsistence of their own and no actual being besides that of God (p. 450). Yet, “since [...]
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