Medieval Western philosophy

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

The central thesis of this book is that Western culture, and American culture in particular, needs an immediate change with regard to food and eating.

This volume brings together fourteen mostly previously published articles by the prominent Nietzsche scholar Maudemarie Clark.

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

Anik Waldow develops an account of embodied experience that extends from Descartes' conception of the human body as firmly integrated into the causal play of nature, to Kant's understanding of anthropology as a discipline that provides us with guidance in our lives as embodied creatures.

Anik Waldow develops an account of embodied experience that extends from Descartes' conception of the human body as firmly integrated into the causal play of nature, to Kant's understanding of anthropology as a discipline that provides us with guidance in our lives as embodied creatures.

Philosopher Andrew Youpa offers a novel reading of Spinoza's moral philosophy.

Philosopher Andrew Youpa offers a novel reading of Spinoza's moral philosophy.

Fenelon is arguably one of the most neglected major philosophers of early modernity.

Fenelon is arguably one of the most neglected major philosophers of early modernity.

In The Metaphysics of the Material World, Tad M.

In The Metaphysics of the Material World, Tad M.

A central concern in Hume scholarship is that of the relationship between Hume's early Treatise of Human Nature and his later Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.

A central concern in Hume scholarship is that of the relationship between Hume's early Treatise of Human Nature and his later Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.

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.

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar.

Erasmus of Rotterdam (c.

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form.

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

'It remains astonishingly radical .

Discover Dante's original Inferno in this modern and acclaimed Penguin translation.

This monograph proposes a new (dialogical) way of studying the different forms of correlational inference, known in the Islamic jurisprudence as qiyas.

This monograph details a new solution to an old problem of metaphysics.

At the turn of the first millennium, scientific and philosophical knowledge was far from dormant.

Believing Philosophy introduces Christians to philosophy and the tools it provides believers, helping them understand, articulate, and defend their faith in an age of unbelief.

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

Diderot, tanrisal, dinsel inancin yerine akli geciren adamdir, onun savasimi buydu ve butun kor inanclari silip supuren bu akil, gorunen dunyayi, dogayi, felsefenin, sanatin, sag torenin temel ilkesi durumuna getirdi.

This volume provides a much needed, historically accurate narrative of the development of theories of space up to the beginning of the eighteenth century.

This book features 20 essays that explore how Latin medieval philosophers and theologians from Anselm to Buridan conceived of habitus, as well as detailed studies of the use of the concept by Augustine and of the reception of the medieval doctrines of habitus in Suarez and Descartes.

This book presents a new, contemporary introduction to medieval philosophy as it was practiced in all its variety in Western Europe and the Near East.

Dieses eBook: "Das Seiende und das Wesen" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

Charles Trinkaus can be counted among the eminent intellectual and cultural historians of the Renaissance.

Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida includes essential writings of the most important philosophers from almost two millennia of Western philosophy.

Este ebook presenta "Metafísica", con un índice dinámico y detallado.

This book considers different forms of voluntarism developed from the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries.

This book considers different forms of voluntarism developed from the thirteenth to eighteenth centuries.

From ancient conceptions of becoming a philosopher to modern discussions of psychedelic drugs, the concept of transformation plays a fascinating part in the history of philosophy.

From ancient conceptions of becoming a philosopher to modern discussions of psychedelic drugs, the concept of transformation plays a fascinating part in the history of philosophy.

Including both traditional and underrepresented accounts and geographies of soul, body, gender, and sexuality in late antique history, philosophy, and theology, this volume offers substantial re-readings of these and related concepts through theories of dis/embodiment.

Dieses eBook: "Immanuel Kant - Der Mann und das Werk" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

This book introduces students and interested readers to two thousand years of Jewish philosophy, from its earliest inception to the current era.

This book takes readers on a philosophical discovery of a forgotten treasure, one born in the 14th century but which appears to belong to the 21st.

This book offers a selection of 13 case studies on how the notion of grounding helps illuminate philosophical discussions of our past with a special focus on debates of the Middle Ages.

Die Geschichte der Hexenverfolgung ist eine der dunkelsten Epochen Europas, geprägt von Angst, Aberglaube und unerbittlicher Gewalt.

This book introduces students and interested readers to two thousand years of Jewish philosophy, from its earliest inception to the current era.

Averroes: Vermittler zwischen WeltenGlaube und Vernunft in der Begegnung von islamischer und westlicher PhilosophieIn diesem fesselnden Werk entführt uns Dr.

This collection of Charles Burnett's articles on the transmission of Arabic learning to Europe concentrates on the identity of the Latin translators and the context in which they were working.