De ente et essentia

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De ente et essentia is a foundational philosophical treatise by Thomas Aquinas that systematically analyzes the concepts of being and essence within an Aristotelian and scholastic framework.

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instanceOf metaphysical work ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
scholastic work ⓘ
academicContext medieval university curriculum ⓘ
aimsTo clarify the notions of being and essence ⓘ
author Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
canonicalStatus foundational text of Thomistic metaphysics ⓘ
centuryOfWork 13th century ⓘ
circulation manuscript tradition in the Middle Ages ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateWritten 1250s ⓘ
discusses God as pure act of being ⓘ
analogy of being ⓘ
composition of substance ⓘ
essence in immaterial substances ⓘ
essence in material substances ⓘ
real distinction between essence and existence ⓘ
hasModernEditions critical Latin editions ⓘ
modern translations into various languages ⓘ
hasPart chapters ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
influenced Catholic metaphysics ⓘ
Thomism ⓘ
late medieval scholasticism ⓘ
modern Thomistic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy Albert the Great ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Avicenna ⓘ
Boethius ⓘ
languageOfWork Latin ⓘ
mainTopic being ⓘ
essence ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalConcept esse ⓘ
essentia ⓘ
form and matter ⓘ
substance and accidents ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline metaphysics ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
philosophy of being ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Aristotelianism ⓘ
Scholasticism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin University of Paris ⓘ
structure short treatise ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ
titleTranslation On Being and Essence ⓘ
usedIn Thomistic metaphysics courses ⓘ

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St. Thomas Aquinas → notableWork → De ente et essentia ⓘ
On Being and Essence → LatinTitle → De ente et essentia ⓘ
Tommaso de Vio Cajetan → notableWork → De ente et essentia commentary ⓘ
linked to: De ente et essentia