'Metaphysics of the Exodus': Debating Platonic Versus Christian Traces in St Thomas'

2025-03-31 Classification：Philosophy Click()
Author：Perez, Manuel Alejandro Serra

Article Title：'Metaphysics of the Exodus': Debating Platonic Versus Christian Traces in St Thomas' Concept of Being

Abstract：This paper critically analyzes the deconstructive tendency that some authors have shown against the so-called Metaphysics of Exodus, promoted by philosophers such as etienne Gilson. The most original notion in Thomas Aquinas's philosophy is that being (esse) is said to derive not from the Bible as Gilson claims, but from Neoplatonic sources of pagan ambience, such as the author of the De causis (Proclus) or the Dionysius Areopagite. We carry out an analysis of the status quaestionis by showing, contrary to the critics of the 'Metaphysics of Exodus,' that this deconstructive tendency is unfounded and untenable.


Keywords:  Metaphysics; Thomism; Gilson; Being; Aquinas

DOI: 10.1007/s11841-024-01006-0

Source：SOPHIA

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