Medieval Western philosophy

This book offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius.

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

First published in 1905, this reissued edition of The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon is an edited collection based upon the definitive seven volume edition of 1857, translated and prefaced by Robert Leslie Ellis and James Spedding.

In a work that illustrates how Jewish philosophy can make a genuine contribution to general philosophical debate, Daniel Rynhold attempts to formulate a model for the justification of practices by applying the methods of modern analytic philosophy to approaches to the rationalization of the commandments from the history of Jewish philosophy.

An exploration of how Marx’s ideas have been misused and misunderstood, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Escape from Freedom.

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Ten leading scholars introduce all the important aspects of Aquinas'' thought.

Science, the Singular, and the Question of Theology explores the role that the singular plays in the theories of science of Robert Grosseteste, Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Marsilius of Inghen, and Pierre d'Ailly.

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Gender scholarship during the last four decades has shown that the exclusion of women's voices and perspectives has diminished academic disciplines in important ways.

With an emphasis on exploring measurable aspects of ancient narratives, Maths Meets Myths sets out to investigate age-old material with new techniques.

Originally published in 1998, Easels of Utopia presents a discussion of art's duration and contingency within the avant garde's aesthetic parameters, which throughout this century have constructed, influenced, and informed our definitions of modernity.

Compact but singularly well thought out material of a theological, logical, poetic as well as philosophical nature.

This second edition of the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated with eleven new chapters and a new bibliography.

Early in his career, Fernand Brunner became one of the few specialists on Ibn Gabirol, a Jewish philosopher and poet in 11th-century Spain, whose treatise, the Fons vitae, is known only in Latin translation.

Constituting Freedom focuses on the question at the heart of Machiavelli's thinking, that is 'in what mode a free state, if there is one, can be maintained in corrupt cities; or, if there is not, in what mode to order it?

In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology.

This book brings Aquinas and Heidegger into dialogue and offers an original and comprehensive rethinking of the nature of temporality and the origins of metaphysical inquiry.

This is Volume X of ten of the selected works of Frances Yates.

Renaissance writers habitually drew upon the idioms and images of the schoolroom in their depictions of emotional experience.

Das mathematische Werk des Cusanus ist vor allem von seinem Interesse an metaphysisch-theologischen Fragestellungen geprägt.

The papers in this volume fall into four sections.

The Philosophy and Science of Roger Bacon offers new insights and research perspectives on one of the most intriguing characters of the Middle Ages, Roger Bacon.

This volume explores the range of Montaigne''s philosophy and its social and intellectual contexts.

Most readers first encounter Augustine's love for Scripture's words in the many biblical allusions of his masterwork, the Confessions.

Seit Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), dem bedeutendsten Denker der Spätantike, ist die Rückbindung der Frage nach der Wahrheit an die Frage nach dem Ich, also an die Selbsterkenntnis, ein Grundthema der Philosophie; nach Platon, dem Begründer der abendländischen Philosophie, war Augustinus der zweite große Denker der Antike von bis heute prägender Kraft.

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

The medieval Christian West's most radical practitioners of a Neoplatonic, negative theology with a mystical focus are John Scottus Eriugena, Meister Eckhart and Nicholas Cusanus.

Die Seele wird mit Aristoteles als Prinzip verstanden, durch das sich lebendige von nicht-lebendigen Körpern unterscheiden.

An interdisciplinary study of the forms and uses of uncertainty in important works of literature and philosophy in antiquity and the Renaissance.

The prescience of medieval English authors has long been a source of fascination to readers.

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

Gregor Reisch's The Philosophical pearl (Margarita Philosophica), first published in 1503 and republished 11 times in the sixteenth century, was the first extensive printed text which discussed the disciplines taught at university to achieve widespread dissemination.

This book investigates the pronounced enthusiasm that many traditions display for codes of ethics characterised by a multitude of rules.

In seinem Schreiben an den Fürsten Cangrande behandelt Dante literaturhistorisch relevante Fragen, wie z.

This book charts the evolution of Islamic dialectical theory (jadal) over a four-hundred year period.

Originally published in 1992 The Medieval Consolation of Philosophy is an annotated bibliography looking at the scholarship generated by the translations of the works of Boethius.

Before Emotion: The Language of Feeling, 400-1800 advances current interdisciplinary research in the history of emotions through in-depth studies of the European language of emotion from late antiquity to the modern period.

Im Vordergrund dieses philosophisch-theologischen Werkes steht die Frage nach dem Verhältnis von griechischer Philosophie und jüdischem Gesetz.

This book promotes the research of present-day women working in ancient and medieval philosophy, with more than 60 women having contributed in some way to the volume in a fruitful collaboration.