Henry of Ghent's Summa: The Questions on God's Existence and Essence (Aricles 21-24)

by Henry of Ghent, Jos Decorte (Translator), Roland J. Teske (Translator)

This volume offers a translation with introduction and notes of Henry of Ghent's questions on the being and essence of God from his Summa of Ordinary Questions (Summa quaestionum ordinarium). These questions form the heart of Henry's philosophy of God, especially his "new way" of proving the existence of God and his claim that God is the first object known by the human intellect.

290 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Henry of Ghent (c.1217 – 29 June 1293) was a scholastic philosopher, known as Doctor Solemnis (the Solemn Doctor), and also as Henricus de Gandavo and Henricus Gandavensis. Between the death of Thomas Aquinas in 1274 and the arrival of Duns Scotus in the early 14th century he was the leading Augustinian.