3 Philosophers: Aristotle, Aquinas, Frege
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Edition: 2nd pr.,
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Condition: Good. Jacket: yellowed, with small tears; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Three Philosophers stands as one of the most rigorous and intellectually ambitious works in twentieth-century analytic philosophy, uniting three towering figures from vastly different eras under a single, penetrating study. G. E. M. Anscombe examines Aristotle's metaphysics and philosophy of nature with characteristic precision, while P. T. Geach turns his formidable logical acumen to the medieval theology of Thomas Aquinas and the revolutionary logical innovations of Gottlob Frege. Together, the authors construct a bridge across millennia of philosophical thought, illuminating the deep continuities and tensions between ancient, scholastic, and modern traditions. The book is a landmark of analytic philosophy's engagement with its own history, demonstrating that careful logical analysis need not be divorced from the great questions of substance, existence, and predication. Anscombe and Geach write with clarity and conviction, refusing to reduce these giants to mere stepping stones, instead granting each thinker the full weight of serious philosophical scrutiny. For anyone who has ever wondered how Aristotle's categories survived into the age of symbolic logic, this work provides an answer that is as surprising as it is illuminating.
Author: G. E. M. Anscombe & P. T. Geach
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Blackwell
Genre: Philosophy
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: yellowed, with small tears; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Binding intact.
Three Philosophers stands as one of the most rigorous and intellectually ambitious works in twentieth-century analytic philosophy, uniting three towering figures from vastly different eras under a single, penetrating study. G. E. M. Anscombe examines Aristotle's metaphysics and philosophy of nature with characteristic precision, while P. T. Geach turns his formidable logical acumen to the medieval theology of Thomas Aquinas and the revolutionary logical innovations of Gottlob Frege. Together, the authors construct a bridge across millennia of philosophical thought, illuminating the deep continuities and tensions between ancient, scholastic, and modern traditions. The book is a landmark of analytic philosophy's engagement with its own history, demonstrating that careful logical analysis need not be divorced from the great questions of substance, existence, and predication. Anscombe and Geach write with clarity and conviction, refusing to reduce these giants to mere stepping stones, instead granting each thinker the full weight of serious philosophical scrutiny. For anyone who has ever wondered how Aristotle's categories survived into the age of symbolic logic, this work provides an answer that is as surprising as it is illuminating.