Interpreting Surez by Daniel Schwartz - 9781107651753

Interpreting SurezCritical Essays\nAuthor(s): Daniel Schwartz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107651753, 978-1107651753\nSynopsis\nFrancisco Surez is arguably the most important Neo-Scholastic philosopher and a vital link in the chain leading from medieval philosophy to that of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Long neglected by the Anglo-Saxon philosophical community, this sixteenth-century Jesuit theologian is now an object of intense scholarly attention. In this volume, Daniel Schwartz brings together essays by leading specialists which provide detailed treatment of some key themes of Francisco Surez's philosophical work: God, metaphysics, meta-ethics, the human soul, action, ethics and law, justice and war. The authors assess the force of Surez's arguments, set them within their wider argumentative context and single out influences and appraise competing interpretations. The book is .