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Nov 1, 2005 · Bonaventure of Bagnoregio (b. ca. 1221, d. 15 July 1274) was a Franciscan, a master of philosophy and theology at the University of Paris, Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.), a Bishop and Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. During his lifetime he rose to become one of the most prominent men in Latin Christianity.
- Form vs. Matter - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Aristotle famously contends that every physical object is a...
- Bonaventure > Notes (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
In short, St. Bonaventure’s philosophy is an eclectic...
- Form vs. Matter - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Bonaventure (d. 1274) was a philosopher, a theologian, a prolific author of spiritual treatises, an influential prelate of the Medieval Church, the Minister General of the Franciscan Order, and, later in his life, a Cardinal.
A master of the memorable phrase, Bonaventure held that philosophy opens the mind to at least three different routes humans can take on their journey to God. Non-intellectual material creatures he conceived as shadows and vestiges (literally, footprints) of God, understood as the ultimate cause of a world that philosophical reason can prove was ...
Jul 11, 2024 · Saint Bonaventure ; canonized April 14, 1482; feast day July 15) was a leading medieval theologian, minister general of the Franciscan order, and cardinal bishop of Albano. He wrote several works on the spiritual life and recodified the constitution of his order (1260).
In short, St. Bonaventure’s philosophy is an eclectic Aristotelianism with neo-Platonic tendencies, put at the service of an Augustinian theology. (1946 [1955: 162])
Jan 1, 2020 · Bonaventure delineated philosophy from theology both in terms of their respective principles and methodologies even as he coalesced these disciplines in the rubric of Christian wisdom (sapientia) (Robert 1951).
St. Bonaventure, the Italian Scholastic philosopher, was known as the Seraphic Doctor. Bonaventure, whose real name was John of Fidanza, was born in Bagnorea, in Tuscany.
