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John Llewelyn - Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus - 9781474408943 - V9781474408943
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Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus

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Description for Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus Hardback. Why did the 19th century poet and self-styled philosopher Gerard Manley Hopkins find metaphysics of 'formal distinction' so appealing? John Llewelyn answers this question by casting light on various neologisms introduced by Hopkins and reveals how Hopkins endorses Scotus' claim that being and existence are grounded in doing and willing. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
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' 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 ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
422g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474408943
SKU
V9781474408943
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Ref
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About John Llewelyn
John Llewelyn (retired) was Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Memphis and Loyola University Chicago.

Reviews for Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus
This is an exquisite work of scholarship by an extraordinary thinker at the height of his powers. The significance of Duns Scotus for Hopkins' philosophical and poetic originality is well-known. What has never been exhibited before is the scope and complexity of that lineage. Llewelyn writes with an authority and intimate grasp of the material that is truly breathtaking.
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