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An Independent Scholar: Lawrence Moonan's Legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Fergus Kerr OP
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Abstract

Lawrence Moonan (1937–2013) pioneered the study of the medieval Scottish philosopher Lawrence of Lindores; he published a major work on the notion of divine omnipotence in early scholasticism; and he kept worrying that in these post-Deistical times many philosophers and theologians have forgotten what it is like to think of God as strictly infinite.

Keywords

Lindoresexistence-theism and character-theismHumeAquinasDei Filius
Type
Original Article
Information
New Blackfriars , Volume 95 , Issue 1060 , November 2014 , pp. 711 - 726
Copyright
Copyright © 2014 The Dominican Council

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