Gerard Manley Hopkins and the spell of John Duns Scotus / John Llewelyn.

Author
Llewelyn, John, 1928- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
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1 online resource (vii, 150 pages)

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A fresh look at Gerard Manley Hopkins and his celebration of John Duns Scotus The early medieval Scottish philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus shook traditional doctrines of universality and particularity by arguing for a metaphysics of 'formal distinction'. Hundreds of years later, why did the 19th-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 responses to Scotus made by Heidegger, Peirce, Arendt, Leibniz, Hume, Reid, Derrida and Deleuze, Llewelyn's own response shows 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
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  • 1474408958 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9781474408950 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9781474408943 (hardback)
  • 147440894X
LCCN
2015514351
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