Medieval Western philosophy

Stephen Gersch charts the influence of the late Greek philosopher Proclus from his own lifetime down to the Renaissance (500–1600 CE).

An unparalleled commentary on Thomas Aquinas''s Treatise on Law, providing a go-to text for one of the foundations of laws, ethics and morality.

Stephen Gersch charts the influence of the late Greek philosopher Proclus from his own lifetime down to the Renaissance (500–1600 CE).

The long-awaited second volume, contains seventeen major texts in ethics and political thought.

Originally published in 1940, this book provides a thorough discussion of Rene Descartes philosophy of metaphysics, examining the three major points of the mind and body, freedom of the will and religion and science.

Originally published in 1940, this book provides a thorough discussion of Rene Descartes philosophy of metaphysics, examining the three major points of the mind and body, freedom of the will and religion and science.

Human rights are thought to guarantee pluralism by protecting individual liberty from imposed religious conceptions of virtue.

Human rights are thought to guarantee pluralism by protecting individual liberty from imposed religious conceptions of virtue.

When originally published in 1952, this book filled a gap in the history of philosophy and science and remains an important work today, because it puts the main mathematical and physical discoveries of Descartes in an accessible form, for the benefit of English readers.

With selections of philosophers from Plotinus to Bruno, this new anthology provides significant learning support and historical context for the readings along with a wide variety of pedagogical assists.

With selections of philosophers from Plotinus to Bruno, this new anthology provides significant learning support and historical context for the readings along with a wide variety of pedagogical assists.

Maintaining that it is impossible to understand the work of a philosopher without understanding the previous history of thought and the contemporaneous developments, this book, originally published in 1932, is an in-depth study of Descartes' philosophy with a strong emphasis on the historical approach.

Maintaining that it is impossible to understand the work of a philosopher without understanding the previous history of thought and the contemporaneous developments, this book, originally published in 1932, is an in-depth study of Descartes' philosophy with a strong emphasis on the historical approach.

This volume, originally published in 1990, delineates the transition Descartes effects from a prevalent medieval conception of understanding to a modern conception of it.

This thematic introduction to classical Islamic philosophy focuses on the most prevalent philosophical debates of the medieval Islamic world and their importance within the history of philosophy.

This thematic introduction to classical Islamic philosophy focuses on the most prevalent philosophical debates of the medieval Islamic world and their importance within the history of philosophy.

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

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

This collection comprises over fifty specially commissioned essays exploring developments in medieval philosophy from logic to ethics, metaphysics to theology.

This collection comprises over fifty specially commissioned essays exploring developments in medieval philosophy from logic to ethics, metaphysics to theology.

Sarah Rolfe Prodan combines a literary, historical, and biographical approach to analyze the mystical constructs and conceits in Michelangelo''s poems.

Sarah Rolfe Prodan combines a literary, historical, and biographical approach to analyze the mystical constructs and conceits in Michelangelo''s poems.

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

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

Explores the major ideas of one of the most important philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages.

This volume, first published in 2003, spans a millennium of thought extending from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and into the fourteenth century.

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

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

John Duns Scotus was one of the principal figures in medieval philosophy and theology.

Offers a full discussion of all significant aspects of this medieval philosopher''s thought.

This 1998 collection of essays is unparalleled in the depth of its coverage of all facets of Galileo''s work.

New readers and specialists alike will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Bacon available.

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

This book is a detailed and accessible look at one of the most exciting and contested works of Western philosophy.

This book is a detailed and accessible look at one of the most exciting and contested works of Western philosophy.

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

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

New readers and specialists alike will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Bacon available.

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

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

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

A new interpretation of the Essais, situating Montaigne''s project of self-study in the context of a broader commitment to liberty.

A new interpretation of the Essais, situating Montaigne''s project of self-study in the context of a broader commitment to liberty.

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

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

This book explores the ideas of theologians at the medieval University of Paris and their attempts to shape society.

This book explores the ideas of theologians at the medieval University of Paris and their attempts to shape society.

Proposes a radically new interpretation of late medieval political thought by focusing on ideas of power and authority.

Proposes a radically new interpretation of late medieval political thought by focusing on ideas of power and authority.

An essay collection giving new attention to the metaphysics, meta-ethics, ethics and political philosophy of this influential sixteenth-century theologian.