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Title: Studies on Henry of Ghent
Subtitle: The Relevance of Henry's Concept of Relation
Author(s): DECORTE, Jos
Journal: Recherches de Théologie et Philosophie Médiévales
Volume: 64    Issue: 1   Date: 1997   
Pages: 230-238
DOI: 10.2143/RTPM.64.1.525880

Abstract :
This modest contribution has been occasioned by the publication of the Proceedings of an international colloquium held at the De Wulf-Mansion Centre of the Institute of Philosophy (K.U.Leuven) in commemoration of the seven-hundredth anniversary of the death of Henry of Ghent. This colloquium had a twofold purpose: «first to establish a status quaestionis of the different fields of research concerning Henry’s doctrines and the critical edition of his work and, second, to provide a forum for specialists to exchange ideas and insights on specific problems. The publication of the Proceedings offers an assessment of our present knowledge and opens up possibilities for further research». It is only natural, then, that the present contribution takes over this twofold end. On the one hand it will attempt to give a survey of what has been achieved thus far in studying Henry’s thought. On the other hand it hopes to derive from this survey a picture of what has been left undone until now, in order to set out a few lines for future research. More in particular it will push forward one issue that has been stepmotherly dealt with: relation.

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