Medieval Western philosophy

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Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field.

Sarah Hutton presents a rich historical study of one of the most fertile periods in modern philosophy.

Sarah Hutton presents a rich historical study of one of the most fertile periods in modern philosophy.

In seventeenth-century philosophy the mind-body problem and the nature of personal immortality were two of the most controversial and sensitive issues.

In seventeenth-century philosophy the mind-body problem and the nature of personal immortality were two of the most controversial and sensitive issues.

Steven Nadler presents the first English translation of a seminal work in the history of early modern philosophy.

Gersonides was a highly original Jewish philosopher, scientist and biblical exegete, active in Provence in the first half of the fourteenth century.

Graciela De Pierris presents a novel interpretation of the relationship between skepticism and naturalism in Hume's epistemology, and a new appraisal of Hume's place within early modern thought.

This volume is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord.

This volume is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord.

Descartes and the First Cartesians adopts the perspective that we should not approach Rene Descartes as a solitary thinker, but as a philosopher who constructs a dialogue with his contemporaries, so as to engage them and elements of his society into his philosophical enterprise.

Oxford Studies in Medieval Philosophy showcases the best scholarly research in this flourishing field.

What is the nature of the material world?

Graciela De Pierris presents a novel interpretation of the relationship between skepticism and naturalism in Hume's epistemology, and a new appraisal of Hume's place within early modern thought.

The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history.

The Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history.

Steven Nadler presents the first English translation of a seminal work in the history of early modern philosophy.

Thirteen original essays by leading scholars explore aspects of Spinoza's ethical theory and, in doing so, deepen our understanding of the richly rewarding core of his system.

Terence Parsons presents a new study of the development and logical complexity of medieval logic.

Why does a wine glass break when you drop it, whereas a steel goblet does not?

Why does a wine glass break when you drop it, whereas a steel goblet does not?

The French author Michel de Montaigne is widely regarded as the founder and greatest practitioner of the personal essay.

Archbishop of Canterbury from 1272 until his death in 1279, the Dominican friar Robert Kildwardby has long been known primarily for his participation in the Oxford Prohibitions of 1277, but his contributions spread far wider.

The ancient topic of universals was central to scholastic philosophy, which raised the question of whether universals exist as Platonic forms, as instantiated Aristotelian forms, as concepts abstracted from singular things, or as words that have universal signification.

Our culture attempts to separate competing ideological factions by denying relationships between multiple perspectives and influences outside of one's own narrow interpretive community.

This new and updated edition of Christopher Shields and Robert Pasnau's The Philosophy of Aquinas introduces the Aquinas' overarching explanatory framework in order to provide the necessary background to his philosophical investigations across a wide range of areas: rational theology, metaphysics, philosophy of human nature, philosophy of mind, and ethical and political theory.

This book offers an introduction to the thought of Robert Holcot, a great and influential but often underappreciated medieval thinker.

The ancient topic of universals was central to scholastic philosophy, which raised the question of whether universals exist as Platonic forms, as instantiated Aristotelian forms, as concepts abstracted from singular things, or as words that have universal signification.

This volume presents fourteen of William E.

The Summa Contra Gentiles, one of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologiae, is a philosophical and theological synthesis that examines what can be known of God both by reason and by divine revelation.

The Summa Contra Gentiles, one of Aquinas's best known works after the Summa Theologiae, is a philosophical and theological synthesis that examines what can be known of God both by reason and by divine revelation.

Born in Saxony in 1096, Hugh became an Augustinian monk and in 1115 moved to the monastery of Saint Victor, Paris, where he spent the remainder of his life, eventually becoming the head of the school there.

Ever since "e;Know Thyself"e; was inscribed at Delphi, Western philosophers have struggled to understand the relations between morality and self-interest.

Sandra Visser and Thomas Williams offer a brief, accessible introduction to the life and thought of Saint Anselm (c.

Constant J.

Medieval Jewish philosophers have been studied extensively by modern scholars, but even though their philosophical thinking was often shaped by their interpretation of the Bible, relatively little attention has been paid to them as biblical interpreters.

John Buridan (ca.

The work of Thomas Aquinas has always enjoyed a privileged position as a pillar of Catholic theology, but for centuries his standing among western philosophers was less sure.

The great Franciscan theologian St.

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 nature and content of the thought of Duns Scotus (c.

Attacks nothing less than the currently prevailing world philosophy--humanism, which the author feels is exceedingly dangerous in its hidden assumptions.

Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) lived an active, demanding academic and ecclesiastical life that ended while he was still comparatively young.

In The Metaphysics of the Material World, Tad M.

In The Metaphysics of the Material World, Tad M.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world.

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

Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages.

City of God is an enduringly significant work in the history of Christian thought, by one of its central figuresWritten as an eloquent defence of the faith at a time when the Roman Empire was on the brink of collapse, this great theological and philosophical work by St Augustine, bishop of Hippo, examines the ancient pagan religions of Rome, the arguments of the Greek philosophers and the revelations of the Bible.