Im Zusammenhang von Hegels Vorlesungstätigkeit kommt den Vorlesungen über die Geschichte der Philosophie eine besondere Bedeutung zu: Nächst den Vorlesungen über Logik und Metaphysik hat sich Hegel keinem anderen Thema so oft und so ausführlich gewidmet und mit ihnen hat er die Disziplin der Philosophiehistorie im Gefüge der philosophischen Wissenschaften erst eigentlich begründet.
"e;More than any other living scholar of medieval philosophy, Gyula Klima has influenced the way we read and understand philosophical texts by showing how the questions they ask can be placed in a modern context without loss or distortion.
Lev Shestov's By Faith Alone confronts Eastern and Western European conceptions of faith through Russian literature, ancient and medieval philosophy, and Christian theology.
Brian Davies offers the first in-depth study of Saint Thomas Aquinas's thoughts on God and evil, revealing that Aquinas's thinking about God and evil can be traced through his metaphysical philosophy, his thoughts on God and creation, and his writings about Christian revelation and the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation.
Keckermann remarked of the sixteenth century, "e;never from the begin- ning of the world was there a period so keen on logic, or in which more books on logic were produced and studies oflogic flourished more abun- dantly than the period-in which we live.
Basierend auf der abendländischen Tradition, die von der grundlegenden Verschiedenheit von Natur und Freiheit ausgeht, zeigt Theo Kobusch in seiner Untersuchung, dass das Eigentümliche der Natur in der Selbsterweiterung und das Eigentümliche der Freiheit in der Selbstbeschränkung besteht.
The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership.
The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership.
Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century.
Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century.
Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture, condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust.
