Medieval Western philosophy

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.

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

This book offers a rich and fascinating overview of medieval debates on moral dilemmas.

This book offers a rich and fascinating overview of medieval debates on moral dilemmas.

This volume questions the extent to which Medieval studies has emphasized the period as one of change and development through reexamining aspects of the medieval world that remained static.

Hobbes on Legal Authority and Political Obligation develops a new interpretation of Hobbes's theory of political obligation.

This is an exploration and analysis of Aquinas's contribution to the philosophy of religion.

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

This volume explores the connections between Thomas Aquinas' doctrine of natural law and contemporary social thought.

A positive assessment of secularism and the possibilities it offers for a genuinely meaningful life without religion Although there is no shortage of recent books arguing against religion, few offer a positive alternative—how anyone might live a fulfilling life without the support of religious beliefs.

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.

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.

Thomas Aquinas devoted a substantial proportion of his greatest works to the virtues.

Thomas Aquinas devoted a substantial proportion of his greatest works to the virtues.

First Published in 1999.

First Published in 1999.

This is Volume IV of the selected works of Frances Yates.

This is Volume IV of the selected works of Frances Yates.

Reissuing seminal works originally published between 1916 and 1995, Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy (7 volume set) offers a selection of scholarship covering various facets of alchemical traditions.

This comprehensive annotated bibliography, first published in 1990, guides the user helpfully through where to find information on various elements on alchemy when researching.

This comprehensive annotated bibliography, first published in 1990, guides the user helpfully through where to find information on various elements on alchemy when researching.

This comprehensive book outlines the life and works of an important revolutionary intellectual of the 16th Century.

This comprehensive book outlines the life and works of an important revolutionary intellectual of the 16th Century.

This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career.

This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career.

Giordano Bruno's visit to Elizabethan England in the 1580s left its imprint on many fields of contemporary culture, ranging from the newly-developing science, the philosophy of knowledge and language, to the extraordinary flowering of Elizabethan poetry and drama.

Giordano Bruno's visit to Elizabethan England in the 1580s left its imprint on many fields of contemporary culture, ranging from the newly-developing science, the philosophy of knowledge and language, to the extraordinary flowering of Elizabethan poetry and drama.

A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism.

A complete history of alchemy revealing the subject as much more than the attempts in early science of turning base metals into gold or silver, this book goes about intimating the mystical experience underlying hermetic symbolism.

Of interest to interdisciplinary historians as well as those in various other fields, this book presents the first publication of 14 poems ranging from 12 to 3,000 lines.

Of interest to interdisciplinary historians as well as those in various other fields, this book presents the first publication of 14 poems ranging from 12 to 3,000 lines.

This was originally a two volume set which is now bound as one.

This was originally a two volume set which is now bound as one.

Interest in the middle ages is at an all time high at the moment, thanks in part to "e;The Da Vinci Code.

Interest in the middle ages is at an all time high at the moment, thanks in part to "e;The Da Vinci Code.

Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture is a study of the great, and curiously underappreciated, engagement of a Medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition.

Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture is a study of the great, and curiously underappreciated, engagement of a Medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition.