On Efficient Causality: Metaphysical Disputations 17, 18, and 19

Yale Library of Medieval Philosophy Series

by Francisco Suárez, Alfred J. Freddoso (Translator)

The first English translation of an important text of late medieval scholasticism that had strong influence on the development of early modern philosophy.

Genres: Philosophy

448 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 1994

About the author

Francisco Suárez (5 January 1548 – 25 September 1617) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian, one of the leading figures of the School of Salamanca movement, and generally regarded among the greatest scholastics after Thomas Aquinas. His work is considered a turning point in the history of second scholasticism, marking the transition from its Renaissance to its Baroque phases. According to Christopher Shields and Daniel Schwartz, "figures as distinct from one another in place, time, and philosophical orientation as Leibniz, Grotius, Pufendorf, Schopenhauer, and Heidegger, all found reason to cite him as a source of inspiration and influence."