Robert C Miner
Biographic Data
| ID | 1695140 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert C Miner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert C |
| FAMILY NAME | Miner |
| SIGNATURE | MINER R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Difficulties of Mercy
In the Questions on charity in the ST (2a2ae, qq. 23-46), Aquinas considers at length the vices opposed to charity, omitting altogether any Question on a vice opposed to mercy. What does the omission reveal about mercy and its difficulties? First, I reject ready-to-hand explanations of the omission. Second, I consider the relation between mercy and compassion, showing that for Thomas the primary impediments to compassion are less vices than psych…
Leo Strauss's Adherence to Nietzsche's “Atheism From Intellectual Probity
Did Leo Strauss bid a clear “farewell to the atheism from probity, and thus to his own youthful commitment to modern philosophy” in his 1935 Introduction to Philosophy and Law, as David Janssens claims? In this essay I hold that he did not. I argue as follows: (1) Those who appeal to a footnote of the 1935 Introduction to Philosophy and Law to justify the claim that Strauss criticizes probity by contrasting it with the “love of truth” have not re…
Thomas Aquinas on the Passions
Vico, Genealogist of Modernity
Vico
In this study, Robert C. Miner argues that Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) was the architect of a subversive, genealogical approach to modernity. Miner documents the genesis of Vico's stance toward modernity in the first phase of his thought. Through close examination of his early writings, centering on Vico's critique of Descartes and his elaboration of the 'verum-factum' principle, Vico, Genealogist of Modernity reveals that Vico strives to ackno…
Verum-factum and Practical Wisdom in the Early Writings of Giambattista Vico
Verum-factum and Practical Wisdom in the Early Writings of Giambattista Vico Robert C. Miner As several contemporary writers have noted, Giambattista Vico defends the idea of practical knowledge, a type of knowledge that cannot be fully expressed by propositions and defies reductions to method. 1 The defense of practical knowledge, against Descartes and the rise of objectifying science, is most clearly articulated in a group of Vico’s early writi…
"Verum-factum" and Practical Wisdom in the Early Writings of Giambattista Vico
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Verum-factum and Practical Wisdom in the Early Writings of Giambattista Vico
Verum-factum and Practical Wisdom in the Early Writings of Giambattista Vico Robert C. Miner As several contemporary writers have noted, Giambattista Vico defends the idea of practical knowledge, a type of knowledge that cannot be fully expressed by propositions and defies reductions to method. 1 The defense of practical knowledge, against Descartes and the rise of objectifying science, is most clearly articulated in a group of Vico’s early writi…
"Verum-factum" and Practical Wisdom in the Early Writings of Giambattista Vico
Vico, Genealogist of Modernity
Vico
In this study, Robert C. Miner argues that Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) was the architect of a subversive, genealogical approach to modernity. Miner documents the genesis of Vico's stance toward modernity in the first phase of his thought. Through close examination of his early writings, centering on Vico's critique of Descartes and his elaboration of the 'verum-factum' principle, Vico, Genealogist of Modernity reveals that Vico strives to ackno…
Thomas Aquinas on the Passions
Leo Strauss's Adherence to Nietzsche's “Atheism From Intellectual Probity
Did Leo Strauss bid a clear “farewell to the atheism from probity, and thus to his own youthful commitment to modern philosophy” in his 1935 Introduction to Philosophy and Law, as David Janssens claims? In this essay I hold that he did not. I argue as follows: (1) Those who appeal to a footnote of the 1935 Introduction to Philosophy and Law to justify the claim that Strauss criticizes probity by contrasting it with the “love of truth” have not re…
The Difficulties of Mercy
In the Questions on charity in the ST (2a2ae, qq. 23-46), Aquinas considers at length the vices opposed to charity, omitting altogether any Question on a vice opposed to mercy. What does the omission reveal about mercy and its difficulties? First, I reject ready-to-hand explanations of the omission. Second, I consider the relation between mercy and compassion, showing that for Thomas the primary impediments to compassion are less vices than psych…
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Giambattista Vico and Joyce (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · 1668-1744 (1 work) · 1668-1744 (1 work) · Appeal (1 work) · Atheism (1 work)