Medieval Western philosophy

In 1625, Charles I inherited not only his father's crown, but also his desire to run the country without interference from Parliament.

Thomas Aquinas has always been viewed as a highly importantfigure in Western Civilization, and the chief philosopher of RomanCatholicism.

An interdisciplinary collection of essays on the medical and social articulation of death, this anthology considers to what extent a subject as elusive as death can be examined.

With Hobbes and Locke, Spinoza is arguably one of the most important political philosophers of the modern era, a premier theoretician of democracy and mass politics.

A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons.

Discover the simple way to understand and remember the most groundbreaking concepts in 3,000 years of philosophical thought.

Treason and magic were first linked together during the reign of Edward II.

Treason and magic were first linked together during the reign of Edward II.

What did people really believe in the Middle Ages?

Nicole Oresme's translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, and Economics into French from Latin in the 1370s is the subject of Claire Sherman's stunningly illustrated book.

What does it mean to be human today?

What does it mean to be human today?

An engaging and authoritative introduction to this hugely influential era in the history of philosophy.

Think you're rational?

A comprehensive examination of the struggle to reconcile philosophy and Islam.

The quintessential guide to living a meaningful life without God.

Charting the life and thought of this hugely influential medieval thinker.

Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida includes essential writings of the most important philosophers from almost two millennia of Western philosophy.

YARSHAGUMBAISM, as doctrine, reveals global burning ecological issues as reflected via disfiguring and overexploitation to the treasures of Earth by human conduct.

Death, and Afterwards (Complete Edition) is Edwin Arnold's contemplative inquiry into mortality, spiritual survival, and the destiny of the soul beyond the visible world.

In some of his most famous works, John Philoponus (c.

Moses Maimonides-a proud heir to the Andalusian tradition of Aristotelian philosophy-crafted a bold and original philosophical interpretation of Torah and Judaism.

Moses Maimonides-a proud heir to the Andalusian tradition of Aristotelian philosophy-crafted a bold and original philosophical interpretation of Torah and Judaism.

What is reality?

How did a devout Catholic girl from a LA mill town become a Mystical Humanist Unitarian Universalist, and what does that mean anyway, at least to her?

The central claim of this book is that Philo of Alexandria's philosophical method served as the model for the philosophical works of Moses Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas.

Science in the Bet Midrash explores the religious thought of Moses Maimonides (1138-1204), one of the most influential Jews of the last thousand years.

Development, Learning, and Community uses data drawn from a study of pluralistic Jewish high schools to illustrate the complex and often challenging interplay between the cognitive and socio-aff ective elements of education.

Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides; 1288-1344), one of medieval Judaism's most original thinkers, wrote about such diverse subjects as astronomy, mathematics, Bible commentary, philosophical theology, "e;technical"e; philosophy, logic, Halakhah, and even satire.

Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages presents an overview of the formative period of medieval Jewish philosophy, from its beginnings with Saadiah Gaon to its apex in Maimonides, when Jews living in Islamic countries and writing in Arabic were the first to develop a conscious and continuous tradition of philosophy.

Drawing deeply from Aristotle and biblical teaching, Politica presents a unique vision of the commonwealth as a harmonious ordering of natural associations.

Scholasticism and Politics, first published in 1940, is a collection of nine lectures Maritain delivered at the University of Chicago in 1938.

Our culture attempts to separate competing ideological factions by denying relationships between multiple perspectives and influences outside of one's own narrow interpretive community.

Writing Posthumanism, Posthuman Writing is designed to spark conversation.

Nicolaus Cusanus und Wáng Yángmíng philosophieren an der Grenze möglichen Denkens.

In the medieval ages, there were specific societal structures and classes that pretty much dictate how lives were lived.

In the Medieval times, the world looked different.

Learning history will never be boring with this educational book.

In the middle ages, there were nobles and knights who performed special roles in society.

The Medieval History is very interesting, especially for kids, because it details the time that came after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

History may have been started by the people before us but that story has molded our present.

Your child must learn to like history and you are the key to making it happen.

It's interesting to note that during the middle ages, Europe used a feudal system of government and society.

The Black Plague is depressing read but it's something that's forever embedded in history.

Did you know that for the longest time women were considered inferior to men?

The mythical medieval beasts are part of Europe's ancient history.