A mediaevalist trying to be a philosopher and a philosopher trying to be a mediaevalist write about theology, philosophy, scholarship, books, the middle ages, and especially the life, times, and thought of the Doctor Subtilis, the Blessed John Duns Scotus.
I guess it depends on what she means by 'analogy.' Not much on the nature of analogical concepts? Okay, I'll buy that. But insofar as Thomas's theology-metaphysics concerns the asymmetrical relationship between creator and creature, I don't see how analogy could not be an important feature of his thought. While one won't find the expression 'analogia entis' in Thomas's works, as McInerny complained, one will find it in his transcription of Albertus Magnus' De div. Nom., and the theory contained there is very formative of Thomas's early thinking. So, I'll grant Ashworth her claim, but only because analogy is said in many ways.
I guess it depends on what she means by 'analogy.' Not much on the nature of analogical concepts? Okay, I'll buy that. But insofar as Thomas's theology-metaphysics concerns the asymmetrical relationship between creator and creature, I don't see how analogy could not be an important feature of his thought. While one won't find the expression 'analogia entis' in Thomas's works, as McInerny complained, one will find it in his transcription of Albertus Magnus' De div. Nom., and the theory contained there is very formative of Thomas's early thinking. So, I'll grant Ashworth her claim, but only because analogy is said in many ways.
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