Tra eredità filosofica e tradizione scolastica. La metafisica suareziana nel suo contesto

The 16th and 17th centuries were a period of profound political, institutional, and doctrinal upheaval, largely sparked by the Protestant Reformation. Within this cultural and religious context, Francisco Suarez emerged as one of the most influential figures in Catholic thought. While scholarly interest in Suarez’s work has a well-established history, more recent studies have introduced different and previously unexplored perspectives on certain aspects of his thought. This paper aims to analyze key elements of Suarez’s metaphysics in light of these recent contributions, placing his work within its original doctrinal framework and assessing its enduring legacy in history of philosophy. Metaphysical themes – such as the object of metaphysics, the concept of being, the distinction between being and essence, the theory of transcendentals, the problem of individuation – are examined in relation to the medieval tradition that shaped Suarez’s thought, the doctrinal context of Second Scholasticism, and their subsequent reception, particularly in works of some notable 20th-century authors.