Category: Suárez
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The Fictional and the Merely Possible
"To be or not to be, that is the question." Or at least that is one question. Another is whether Hamlet, that very individual, might have been actual. It is a mistake to conflate the fictional and the merely possible. Hamlet, for example, is a fictional individual, the central character and eponym of the Shakespearean …
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Some Favorable Citations of Suárez by Schopenhauer
During a delightful rural ramble outside Prague, I mentioned to Daniel Novotný that Arthur Schopenhauer had a high opinion of Francisco Suárez (1548-1617). Daniel said he had heard as much but wondered where Schopenhauer had indicated his high regard for the scholastic philosopher. Here are some passages, though I have the sense that I am…