Medieval Western philosophy

Recent years have seen a dramatic change in scholarly views of the later career of Arabic and Islamic philosophy.

This book provides the first analysis of the development of Erasmus’ historical methodology and its impact on Roman Catholic and Protestant theologians.

In this 2001 volume, sixteen specially-commissioned essays discuss major areas of the philosophy and theology of Augustine of Hippo.

This volume brings together Professor Cranz's published studies on Nicholas of Cusa with a set of seven papers left unpublished at the time of his death.

This interdisciplinary study offers an interpretation of the major logical, philosophical/theological and poetic writings of Boethius, Abelard and Alan of Lille.

Diese Ausgabe bietet die bisher nicht allgemein verfügbaren Texte Alberts des Großen zur Anthropologie und gibt damit Aufschluss über das Bild vom Menschen im Mittelalter.

Guardians of Republicanism analyses the political and intellectual history of Renaissance Florence-republican and princely-by focusing on five generations of the Valori family, each of which played a dynamic role in the city's political and cultural life.

This volume provides a contemporary account of classical theism.

This volume provides a brief and accessible introduction to the 9th-century philosopher and theologian John Scottus Eriugena--perhaps the most important philosophical thinker to appear in Latin Christendom in the period between Augustine and Anselm.

The period from Thomas Aquinas to Duns Scotus is one of the richest in the history of Christian theology.

"e;[An] important essay by a philosopher who more convincingly than any other I can think of demonstrates the continuing significance of his vocation in the life of our culture.

The twelve essays in this new collection by John Monfasani examine how, in particular cases, Greek emigres, Italian humanists, and Latin scholastics reacted with each other in surprising and important ways.

A revisionist study of Roger Bacon, examining his writings in the context of his commitment to the medieval Church.

Mit dem Kunstwort possest (Können-Ist) bezeichnet Cusanus die ursprüngliche Einheit von Möglichsein und Wirklichsein in Gott, dem ersten Ursprung aller Dinge.

Dieser Teilband thematisiert zunächst den Zustand der Menschheit vor dem Sündenfall.

This book sets out for the first time in English and in the terms of modern logic the semantics of the Port Royal Logic (La Logique ou l'Art de penser, 1662-1685) of Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole, perhaps the most influential logic book in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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

This book is an insightful exploration of Aquinas''s views on how Christ could be both divine and human but still only be one person.

This book investigates Aristotelian psychology through his works and commentaries on them, including De Sensu, De Memoria and De Somno et Vigilia.

Aquinas (1224-74) lived at a time when the Christian West was opening up to a wealth of Greek and Islamic philosophical speculation.

Originally published in 1965, English Justice between the Norman Conquest and the Great Charter discusses the history of English justice in the period of the Norman Conquest, of the Angevin achievements, and of the contrasting reigns of Richard I and John.

Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake in Rome in 1600, accused of heresy by the Inquisition.

Mereology is the theory which deals with parts and wholes in the concrete sense, and this study follows its varied fortunes during the Middle Ages.

Charles Trinkaus can be counted among the eminent intellectual and cultural historians of the Renaissance.

Philosophy in the Islamic world from the 9th to 11th centuries was characterized by an engagement with Greek philosophical works in Arabic translation.

Dive into the shadowy corridors of history and mystery with "e;The Priory of Sion and the Secret Spiritual War.

Throughout the greater part of the twentieth century, both in the analytic and continental traditions, metaphysics was deemed to be passe.

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This collected volume is inspired by the work of Edward Halper and is historically focused with contributions from leading scholars in Ancient and Medieval philosophy.

Im Kontext der für die Philosophie des Mittelalters stetig bestimmend gewesenen Befreiung von überkommenen kirchengeschichtlichen Dogmen zählt dieser Traktat, der die philosophische Plausibilität der Abendmahlslehre drastisch in Zweifel zieht, zu den herausragenden Dokumenten mittelalterlicher Erkenntniskritik.

Oliver Keenan brings the medieval philosophy of Thomas Aquinas to life.

From Empedocles to Wittgenstein is a collection of fifteen historical essays in philosophy, written by Sir Anthony Kenny in the early years of the 21st century.

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most significant works of Western culture.

Kurz vor seinem Tod (1464) verfaßt Nikolaus von Kues eine Schrift, die den schon vermeinten Abschluß seines Denkens noch einmal weiterführt: De apice theoriae.

This 2007 book is an invaluable guide to this complex period for all who are interested in Renaissance thought.

DIVINE ILLUMINATION An important and ground-breaking study which links growing interest in Augustine and medieval philosophy with cutting-edge questions in contemporary philosophy of religion, particularly concerning epistemology and the rationality of religion.

This book gathers wide-ranging essays on the Italian Renaissance philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno by one of the world's leading authorities on his work and life.

This book investigates Aristotelian psychology through his works and commentaries on them, including De Sensu, De Memoria and De Somno et Vigilia.

Das erste philosophische Hauptwerk von Cusanus ist ein Dokument des Wandels scholastischen Denkens hin zum Geist des Humanismus und der Renaissance.

Ranging over 2,500 years of philosophical writing, this five-volume collection of essays is an unrivalled companion to the study and reading of philosophy.