Medieval Western philosophy

Sonic Intimacy asks us who-or what-deserves to have a voice, beyond the human.

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Reading Illegitimacy in Early Iberian Literature presents illegitimacy as a fluid, creative, and negotiable concept in early literature which challenges society's definition of what is acceptable.

A comprehensive study of Abelard''s life and work not only in philosophy and theology but also in literature.

This new and updated edition of Christopher Shields and Robert Pasnau's The Philosophy of Aquinas introduces the Aquinas' overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his philosophical investigations across a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory.

Das Lehrbuch bietet eine Kombination von Sachinformation und beispielhafter Textanalyse ausgewählter Originalwerke der mittelalterlichen Philosophie.

William of Ockham (c.

Interest in the middle ages is at an all time high at the moment, thanks in part to "e;The Da Vinci Code.

Offers historical and topical chapters on the whole range of medieval ethical thought in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic philosophy.

The Latin Middle Ages were characterised by a vast array of different representations of nature.

The central theme of this volume lies in the medieval consciousness of mathematics, and the variety of strategies adopted to apply it in other areas, notably natural philosophy.

The book focuses on the debate about myth as a counter-concept to contemporary scientific thinking.

Sullivan explores the impact of Aristotelian and Cartesian conceptions of humanness on works by Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton and Sidney.

This book offers a selection of 13 case studies on how the notion of grounding helps illuminate philosophical discussions of our past with a special focus on debates of the Middle Ages.

Im zweiten Buch kommentiert Dante das Gedicht Voi che 'ntendendo il terzo ciel movete.

The impact of classical thought on Renaissance philosophy is the subject of this volume.

Focuses on early Christian reflection on Christ as God incarnate from ca.

The mid-twentieth century saw a change in paradigms of art history: iconology.

Originally published in 1967 Medieval Minds looks at the Middle Ages as a period with changing attitudes towards mental health and its treatment.

If you take a walk in the woods on a winter morning and see the sun sparkle and glimmer in the newly fallen snow, or if you sit one morning on the pier with the one you love and watch the glowing sun rise above the sea, you may suddenly think that there are far too few moments like these in your life.

In discussions of the works of Donne, Milton, Marvell, and Bunyan, Early Modern Asceticism shows how conflicting approaches to asceticism animate depictions of sexuality, subjectivity, and embodiment in early modern literature and religion.

This two-volume work examines far-reaching debates on the concept of courage from Greek antiquity to the Christian and mediaeval periods, as well as the modern era.

Hacia el año 1150, Hildegarda de Bingen reunió sus composiciones y formó con ellas un ciclo lírico completo al que llamó «Sinfonía de la armonía de las revelaciones celestiales», corpus que incluye la notación musical de la propia autora.

In Ciceronis Topica and De topicis differentiis are Boethius's two treatises on Topics (loci).

This comprehensive book outlines the life and works of an important revolutionary intellectual of the 16th Century.

This comprehensive annotated bibliography, first published in 1990, guides the user helpfully through where to find information on various elements on alchemy when researching.

Surveys this influential concept from antiquity through medieval theological debates to Renaissance Neoplatonism and etiquette guides.

The aim of the book is to show that the Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas, i.

In »De veritate« entwickelt Anselm von Canterbury (1033/34–1109) in der literarischen Form eines Dialogs die erste Wahrheitskonzeption der abendländischen Philosophiegeschichte, die diesen Namen wirklich verdient.

This collection of specially commissioned new essays explores the philosophical issues and subjects of Aquinas''s major work.

Giordano Bruno's visit to Elizabethan England in the 1580s left its imprint on many fields of contemporary culture, ranging from the newly-developing science, the philosophy of knowledge and language, to the extraordinary flowering of Elizabethan poetry and drama.

What did people really believe in the Middle Ages?

This book examines William Langland's late medieval poem, The Vision of Piers Plowman, in light of contemporary intellectual thought.

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field.

This is an exploration and analysis of Aquinas's contribution to the philosophy of religion.

This book is a detailed but accessible treatment of the political thought of John of Salisbury, a twelfth-century author and educationalist who rose from a modest background to become Bishop of Chartres.

The very first dedicated, comprehensive companion to medieval logic, covering both the Latin and Arabic sister traditions.

In this wide-ranging and thought-provoking study, Maryanne Cline Horowitz explores the image and idea of the human mind as a garden: under the proper educational cultivation, the mind may nourish seeds of virtue and knowledge into the full flowering of human wisdom.

The Naqshbandiyya is one of the most widespread and influential Sufi orders in the Muslim world.

A major new study of Aquinas and his central project: the understanding of human nature.

In this volume, leading scholars explore aspects of Renaissance Aristotelianism in the overlooked region of Southeast Europe.

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