Miklos Vető (1936-2020) is a Hungarian-born French philosopher who taught successively at Marquette, Yale, Abidjan, Rennes, and Poitiers Universities. Widely known as a historian of German Idealism, his works have been translated into many languages. He is the author of The Religious Metaphysics of Simone Weil and The Expansion of Metaphysics.
"'What room for improvement of reason is there, ' enthused Jonathan
Edwards, 'for angels and glorified minds!' Veto clearly shares the
same delight in this accomplished study of Edwards's metaphysics.
Edwards's congruity with the great theologians from Augustine to
Barth and with philosophers from Plato to Hegel, and his innovative
departures from them, are securely mapped, testimony to Veto's
astonishing scholarly range. Here is more than an analysis of
Edwards's thought. The perception that knowing, beauty, and
excellency are essentially moral categories, that the will is what
one loves most, that reality is God as he is in himself, and that
virtue is the only true spirituality are transformative foundations
for pastoral practice. Edwards's insistence that to be 'awakened'
is not 'regeneration' is here closely investigated, an example of
Veto's impressive intention to present us, not with the Edwards we
want, but with Edwards as he was."
--Stuart Piggin, Director, Centre for the History of Christian
Thought and Experience, Macquarie University
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