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Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus by John Llewelyn; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus about?

The Early Mediaeval Scottish philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus shook traditional doctrines of logical universality and logical particularity by arguing for a metaphysics of ‘formal distinction’. Why did the Nineteenth Century poet and self-styled philosopher Gerard Manley Hopkins find this revolutionary teaching so appealing? John Llewelyn answers this question by casting light on various neologisms introduced by Hopkins and reveals how Hopkins endorses Scotus’s claim that being and existence are grounded in doing and willing. Drawing on modern respon ses to Scotus made by Heidegger, Peirce, Arendt, Leibniz, Hume, Reid, Derrida and Deleuze, Llewelyn’s own response shows by way of bonus why it would be a pity to suppose that the rewards of reading Scotus and Hopkins are available only to those who share their theological presuppositions

Who reads Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
John Llewelyn;
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Published
2015
Language
EN
ISBN
9781474408967
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
History, Science, Philosophy