The blooming of ancient philosophical thought throughout the Renaissance and the Early Modern Age took place mainly in the shape of late antique philosophy. Many of its characteristic main features have influenced modern thought in a defining manner. In the present book, Theo Kobusch addresses those features which still determine our thinking today.

The blooming of ancient thought throughout the Renaissance and the Early Modern Age took place mainly in the shape of late antique philosophy. Many of its characteristic main features have influenced modern thought in a defining manner. In the present book, Theo Kobusch addresses those features which still determine our thinking today. Although this intellectual heritage, both in its ancient and modern forms, has largely been forgotten, it is however worth remembering that modern thought is indebted to an intellectual transformation on a large scale. The author shows how this becomes evident by focusing on key aspects such as the concept of philosophy, universal Christendom, the inner man, awareness, rational faith, creatio ex nihilo, the concept of god, practical metaphysics, univocity of morality, and the theory of mind and will.

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Geboren 1948; 1972 Promotion; 1982 Habilitation; 1983-88 Professor für Philosophische Propädeutik, seit 1990 Professor für Philosophische Grundfragen der Theologie an der Uni Bochum; 2003-16 Professor für Philosophie an der Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität Bonn; seit Juli 2016 emeritiert.