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The Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards – A Study in Divine Semiotics

Autor Stephen H. Daniel
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 21 noi 1994
The identification of the dichotomy between the Renaissance and Modernist modes of logic and the detailed working out of that dichotomy in Edwards's writings constitute a new foundation for the study of Edwards's thought and rhetoric. ÑWilson H. KimnachThough he is well known in literary, historical, and religious circles, Jonathan Edwards is a puzzle to philosophers, and attempts to portray him in terms of the classical modern dispute between empiricism and rationalism are inevitably frustrated by his blend of philosophy, rhetoric, history, and religious doctrine. Stephen H. Daniel reveals how Edwards's philosophy appeals to the tradition of Stoic logic and ontology thematized in the Renaissance by Paracelsus and Peter Ramus. Drawing on the semiotic work of Peirce, Foucault, and Kristeva, the book shows how the Renaissance theory of signatures provides Edwards and his contemporaries with a powerful alternative to the ideas of Descartes and Locke. Presenting the Stoic-Renaissance treatment of signs as an alternative to the modern dismissal of the language of nature, Daniel shows how this earlier model illumines Edwards's treatment of theological themes such as creation, trinity, original sin, freedom, moral agency, and the knowledge of beauty.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253316097
ISBN-10: 025331609X
Pagini: 228
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
I. The Prospect of Semiotics
The Invitation of Typology
The Semiotic Context
The Renaissance Episteme
II. The Discourse of Typology
The Vocabulary of Nature
Two Texts: Nature and Scripture
The Nature of Typological Relations
III. The Logics of Creation
The Stoicism of Ramist Logic
The Ontology of Supposition
Corporeality and Mentality as Rhetorical Placement
IV. The Trinity and Creation
The Logic of the Trinity
Why God Creates
V. The Ontology of Original Sin
The Fall
The Imputation of Subjectivity
VI. Freedom and Moral Agency
Intentionality of Will as Philosophical Necessity
Divine Decrees and Foreknowledge
Virtue as Consent
VII. The Knowledge of Beauty
Consent
Knowledge and Grace
Concluding Remarks: The Porpriety of Christ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Recenzii

"In this challenging work, Daniel draws on the semiotics of Foucault, Kristeva, and Peirce to explore Edwards's typology. . . . elegant and important . . . " - Library Journal "A provocative and at times brilliant reinterpretation of Edwards . . . " - Religious Studies Review
" . . . a comprehensive analysis and redefinition of the thought of Jonathan Edwards."- Peirce Project Newsletter
" . . . a new foundation for the study of Edwards's thought and rhetoric." - Wilson H. Kimnach
". . . this is a superb and important book, one that deserves to be widely read and vigorously discussed." - Transactions of the Charles S. Pierce Society
". . . Daniel's work ought . . . to be required reading among the Edwards guild, for it provides perhaps the best philosophical introduction in English to Edward's major writings." - Church History

"In this challenging work, Daniel draws on the semiotics of Foucault, Kristeva, and Peirce to explore Edwards's typology... elegant and important ... " - Library Journal "A provocative and at times brilliant reinterpretation of Edwards ... " - Religious Studies Review " ... a comprehensive analysis and redefinition of the thought of Jonathan Edwards."- Peirce Project Newsletter " ... a new foundation for the study of Edwards's thought and rhetoric." - Wilson H. Kimnach "... this is a superb and important book, one that deserves to be widely read and vigorously discussed." - Transactions of the Charles S. Pierce Society "... Daniel's work ought ... to be required reading among the Edwards guild, for it provides perhaps the best philosophical introduction in English to Edward's major writings." - Church History

Notă biografică

STEPHEN H. DANIEL is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University and author of Myth and Modern Philosophy and John Toland: His Methods, Manners, and Mind.

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A comprehensive analysis and redefinition of the thought of Jonathan Edwards.