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Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus

Posted By: arundhati
Date: 19 Sep 2022 07:25:16
Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus

John Llewelyn, "Gerard Manley Hopkins and the Spell of John Duns Scotus"
English | ISBN: 147440894X | 2015 | 160 pages | PDF | 516 KB

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.
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