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John Dewey’s “Time and Individuality” 约翰·杜威的《时间与个性》

The Modern schoolman Pub Date : 2005-11-01 DOI: 10.5840/SCHOOLMAN200582417

R. Gale

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Augustine’s Encounter with Neoplatonism 奥古斯丁与新柏拉图主义的相遇

The Modern schoolman Pub Date : 2005-08-01 DOI: 10.5840/SCHOOLMAN20058239

P. King

引用次数: 2

Aquinas on god and modal truth 阿奎那论上帝和模态真理

The Modern schoolman Pub Date : 2005-08-01 DOI: 10.5840/SCHOOLMAN20058237

Brian Leftow

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Aquinas's Metaphysics of Modality: A Reply to Leftow 阿奎那的形态形而上学:对残余物的回答

The Modern schoolman Pub Date : 2005-08-01 DOI: 10.5840/SCHOOLMAN20058238

Jeffrey E. Brower

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Augustine’s Use of Neoplatonism in Confessions VII: A Response to Peter King 奥古斯丁在《忏悔录》中对新柏拉图主义的运用:对彼得·金的回应

The Modern schoolman Pub Date : 2005-08-01 DOI: 10.5840/SCHOOLMAN200582322

M. Gorman

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Comments on “The Man who Loved Every” 评《爱每一个人的男人》

The Modern schoolman Pub Date : 2005-08-01 DOI: 10.5840/SCHOOLMAN200582310

N. Lewis

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The Man who Loved Every: Boethius of Dacia on the Logic and Metaphysics 爱一切的人:达西亚的波伊提乌论逻辑学与形而上学

The Modern schoolman Pub Date : 2005-08-01 DOI: 10.5840/SCHOOLMAN200582323

S. Ebbesen