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Франсиско Суарес като мост между схоластиката и философията на Новото време
Francisco Suárez as a Bridge between Scholasticism and Modern Philosophy

Author(s): Aleksandar Spirdonov
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Renaissance Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Francisco Suárez; René Descartes; scholasticism; Modernity; hylomorphism; essentialism; ontology; general metaphysics; special metaphysics;

Summary/Abstract: This article addresses the problem of the position of the Spanish theologian and philosopher Francisco Suárez (1548–1617) in the history of philosophy, delineating the main parameters of his system and establishing the profound influence he has on modern philosophers. The author examines the parallel views that produce ties of continuity between René Descartes and Francisco Suárez. The article devotes attention to Suarez’s conception of “formal concept”, which leads to a new interpretation of truth that differs from the Thomistic one. The author reaches the conclusion that the essentialism, logicism and subjectivism in the epistemology and ontology of the scholastic philosopher from Salamanca condition to a significant degree the development and specific contents of modern philosophical though. This conclusion, repeatedly noted by Heidegger, poses the question of the need to reconsider Suarez’s place in the history of philosophy.

  • Issue Year: XXX/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 43-54
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian