Analogia e univocità in Tommaso de Vio Gaetano

The being, the good, the divine are in the middle of theoretical conflicts among opposing and different interpretations: even the possibility of mentioning them is being questioned. For the concentration on the topic, the proportionalistic solution and the effort for arranging the matter (De nominum analogia), the reflection on the analogy by T. De Vio Cajetan (1469-1534) has always been a conditioning episode of the problem: first for modern age (Suarez) and then for contemporary thought (Heidegger, Gadamer, Marion). De Vio’s work is handled through a wide historical-critical reconstruction of the cultural background, particularly referring to the Schools following Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scoto in the passage from late Middle Age to early Modern Age. The genesis of a debated theory of analogy is also explained, the theoretic intersections among the concepts of univocality, attribution and proportion are examined, and the role of good is being considered. De Vio’s contribution, always subject to opposing readings, comes out without any simplification. The volume is divided into three parts (Univocality and analogy; The analogy of attribution; The proportionality choice) with thirteen chapters and an Appendix about “The being and the good”. Bibliography. Name index. Subject index.